Getting Textbox value in Javascript

Question

I am trying to get the value of the textbox in a javascript, but its not working. Given below is the code of my test page

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Answer 1

This is because ASP.NET it changing the Id of your textbox, if you run your page, and do a view source, you will see the text box id is something like

ctl00_ContentColumn_txt_model_code

There are a few ways round this:

Use the actual control name:

var TestVar = document.getElementById('ctl00_ContentColumn_txt_model_code').value;

use the ClientID property within ASP script tags

document.getElementById('<%= txt_model_code.ClientID %>').value;

Or if you are running .NET 4 you can use the new ClientIdMode property, see this link for more details.

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/03/30/cleaner-html-markup-with-asp-net-4-web-forms-client-ids-vs-2010-and-net-4-0-series.aspx1