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Using popup window from control in DetailsView - problems assigning value to control

Hi I'm calling a javascript Datepicker function from a TextBox control in DetailsView and after selecting a date I have to assign the date value to my TextBox control. My controls are named as follows:
Form with ID="form1"
Details view with ID="dvRoute"
TextBox with ID="txtRouteDate"

My code is:
var ctl = "dvRoute_txtRouteDate";
window.opener.document.form1[ctl].value = dateValue;

This is not working - is there another way to do this or is my syntax wrong?

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Lorna70

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Thanks tried that and still get a similar errorL
Microsoft JScript runtime error: 'window.opener.document.getElementById(...)' is null or not an object

I think my problem is not knowing how to reference a TextBox which is inside a DetailsView which is inside a Form. I tried:

ctl = "form1_dvRoute_txtRouteDate";
What is the correct syntax for doing this? Should I be using [] instead of _??

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Lorna70

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OK - my text box is "dvRoute$txtRouteDate" in the source but it still doesn't work. Should I add the form name to the ctl var before I run:

var ctl = "dvRoute$txtRouteDate"
window.opener.document.getElementById(ctl).value = dateValue;

??

Lorna70

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It worked!

For anyone else struggling with this - I went back to using:

var ctl = "dvRoute$txtRouteDate"
window.opener.document.form1[ctl].value = dateValue;