[Javascript] Object Access

[gassinaumasis at hotmail.com (Peter-Paul Koch)]

>oRef = document.getElementById("ElementID")
>
>is the the "approved" syntax for getting an object reference?

It's the W3C DOM way. It won't work in Version 4 and earlier browsers.

>Is it worthwhile to write/use wrapper functions like this:
>
>function getObjRef( tcObjectID ) {
>   return document.getElementById( tcObjectID )
>}
>
>oRef = getObjRef("ElementID")
>alert(oRef.value)

No. Why should you write this function? The only time that's useful is when 
you want to use several DOMs and make sure the browser uses the DOM it 
supports. See http://www.xs4all.nl/~ppk/js/index.html?dhtmloptions.html for 
an example.

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