I have the following code: f

[tboerner]

I have the following code:

for (myItem in document.forms["Invoices"].elements) {

alert(myItem);
alert(myItem.type);

if (myItem.type == "checkbox&quot {
// never gets here
}
}

myItem.type is undefined for all the elements. But alert(myItem) returns the name of the elements.

How come 'type' doesn't work?

 

[SashiRaveendran]

I've never actually seen that notation before myItem 'in'.
Anyway you could just rewrite the script to:

var i;
var myItem = document.Invoices.elements
var FormFields = myItem.length;
for (i=0;i<FormFields; i++) {

alert(myItem.name);
alert(myItem.type);

if (myItem.type == &quot;checkbox&quot {
alert(&quot;Im a checkbox!&quot;
}
}

 

[SashiRaveendran]

sorry those last few lines should say

alert(myItem.name);
alert(myItem.type);

if (myItem.type == &quot;checkbox&quot {
alert(&quot;Im a checkbox!&quot;
}

 

[tboerner]

Thanks. I didn't bother with MyItem. I ended up doing something like this, as you suggested.

for (idx=0; idx < document.forms[&quot;Invoices&quot;].elements.length; ++idx) {

if (document.forms[&quot;Invoices&quot;].elements[idx].type == &quot;checkbox&quot {

// process check box code here

}

 

[SashiRaveendran]

even better!