forefox issue with document.createElement()?

[jrenae]

Hello,

I'm new to having to code to firefox, and I'm finding that I get a javascript error in firefox that I don't get in IE. The line that errors is:

var dependentOn = document.createElement("<INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" name=\"" + dependentOnId + "\" id=\"" + dependentOnId + "\" value=\"" +  arDependentOn[i] + "\"/>");

The error I'm getting is:
Error: [Exception... "String contains an invalid character" code: "5" nsresult: "0x80530005 (NS_ERROR_DOM_INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR)" location: "http:....Line: 646"]
Source File: http:....
Line: 646

is the syntax I'm using for creating my hidden field not acceptable for firefox?

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Specifying properties like that is IE-only, as far as I know. For creating pre-typed inputs cross-browser, I've used this code before:

function createInput(inputName, inputType, inputValue) {
	if (typeof VBArray != "undefined") {
		var input = document.createElement("<input type=\"" + inputType + "\" name=\"" + inputName + "\" value=\"\">");
		input.value = inputValue;
	} else {
		var input = document.createElement("input");
		input.type = inputType;
		input.name = inputName;
		input.value = inputValue;
	}
	return input;
}

Hope this helps,
Dan



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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

P.S. The reason I set the value afterwards for the IE version was to handle values with double quotes in.

Dan



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