_____snip_____snip_____snip_____
    var i = 0;

    var retrievalField = frames[1].document.forms[0].chapter_users;
    var displayField = frames[0].document.forms[0].Chapter_member;

    displayField.options.length = 0;
    for (i = 0 ; i < retrievalField.length ; ++i)
    {
        displayField.options[i] = new
Option(retrievalField.options[i].text,
retrievalField.options[i].value);
        if (i == 0)
        {
            displayField.options[i].selected = true;
        }
    }
_____snip_____snip_____snip_____

For some odd reason, the JScript 5.0 interpreter in IE 5.0 doesn't like
the line
that says "displayField.options[i] = new Option(...)".  What's going on
here?  Why
can I no longer do something so simple as adding an option to a SELECT
box?

On Mon, 05 Jul 1999 17:29:21 -0600, Kevin Weller

(some of his text deleted...)

This is a {*filter*} bug!

But, there is a (complicated) workaround:

Replace EACH an EVERY  'new Option' in your Code with suitable code,
checking for MSIE 5

- loop from option.length down to zero and set the  .text  attribute to
"";
plus:  set the option object to 'null'.
(this clears the option box and resets its size)

- set the length to 1 and replace the visible part of the option box
with something suitable.

You could also use 'createobject' and 'deleteobject', but the above
method worked for me.

The only benifit that I have is that I am working on IE only.

Anyhow this worked for me (IE 4 and IE 5)

  var index = parseInt(document.all.cboDateNeedDay.selectedIndex) ;
  var value = document.all.cboDateNeedDay[index].text;

For Netscape and IE you may have to have two pieces of code.  OUCH.  Welcome
to IE 5.

CSP

str = 'blablablablabla';
SelectTabel.options[SelectTabel.length] = new Option(str);

Could you also tell me how i could use createobject and deleteobject(i
couldn't find any syntax about the use of it).

Do you know if anyone has already adressed this problem to Microsoft and do
they supply a bugfix ?

Thanks in advance,

Bram Havers.

You can check the code that is on the link on this page:

http://www.netspace.net.au/~torrboy/code/jscriptfaq/hosts/browsers/an...
tml#a004

Peter

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Please don't send questions to me personally - post to the groups
JScript FAQ: http://www.netspace.net.au/~torrboy/code/jscriptfaq/

As of JScript 5, one has to create any new options from within the same frame as
the SELECT field itself.  Get this: Microsoft considers this a feature!  If only
they had posted that little tidbit somewhere on their labyrinthine web site...
Oh well, I guess you have to consider the source. <shrug> <sigh>

Anyway, thanks for the pointers, and feel free to add this new information to
your FAQ.

The link to #a004 should take you to the answer, but because it is at the
bottom of the page, and you can't scroll past the end of the page, the one
at the top of the page is the one about frames (depending on your window
size...)

Peter

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Please do not e-mail me with questions - post them to this
newsgroup instead. Thankyou!