variable format?

[gagz]

* i asked this in the javascript forum, but since its .net related, i thought someone here may have run into it*

is this legal? ie, the ":" in the html element name?

I can't change the name of the html element because of how .NET renders elements in usercontrols. however, the error i get on this line is:

Error: missing ; before statement
Source File: [URL unfurl="true"]http://localhost/Library/tableHead.js[/URL]
Line: 8, Column: 39
Source Code:
  var date1 = document.Form1.rfpBodyCtl:txtPreferredDate1;

the source code is the line (pointing at the word Form1)...
is there another way to declare this? maybe using () or [] or something?

thanks for the help.

 

[gagz]

nm, got it:
document.forms['Form1'].elements['foo:bar'];