I have the following simple script. I can make the layer hide & show, but I can't seem to change the bgcolor. When I throw the 1st alert(xLayer.bgcolor) I get undefined. The next time I display xLayer.bgcolor, I get "blue"
<HTML>
<HEAD><SCRIPT src=/javascript/special.js>
</SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT>
function chg(color)
{
var xLayer=document.layers["mgt_layer2"];
alert(xLayer.bgcolor); //get undefined
//xLayer.bgcolor="blue";
xLayer.bgcolor=color
//xLayer.visibility="hide";
alert(xLayer.id); //get mgt_layer2
alert(xLayer.bgcolor); //get blue
return true
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD><BODY BGCOLOR='FFFFFF' TEXT='000000' ALINK=WHITE VLINK=WHITE LINK=WHITE>
<FORM NAME=emp_form METHOD=POST>
<TABLE CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<TR><TH><FONT FACE=ARIAL SIZE=2>Organization Code:
<TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE=ARIAL SIZE=2>
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="org_code2" VALUE="" READONLY MAXLENGTH=25 SIZE=25 >
<TR><TH><FONT FACE=ARIAL SIZE=2>Segment Code:<TH>
<SELECT NAME=seg SIZE=4>
<OPTION VALUE=1A2000000 ><FONT FACE=ARIAL SIZE=2>0000</FONT></OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE=1A2300000 ><FONT FACE=ARIAL SIZE=2>Z000</FONT></OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE=1A230A000 ><FONT FACE=ARIAL SIZE=2>A000</FONT></OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE=1A230E000 ><FONT FACE=ARIAL SIZE=2>E000</FONT></OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE=1A230F000 ><FONT FACE=ARIAL SIZE=2>F000</FONT></OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE=1A230K000 ><FONT FACE=ARIAL SIZE=2>K000</FONT></OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE=1A230N000 ><FONT FACE=ARIAL SIZE=2>N000</FONT></OPTION>
</SELECT>
<TH><INPUT TYPE=BUTTON value=GO>
<TR><TD>
Management: <input name="management" type="radio" value="yes" onclick="chg('blue')"> <strong> yes
<input name="management" type="radio" value="no" onclick=" document.mgt_layer3.visibility='hide'"> no </strong>
</TABLE>
</FORM>
<BR><BR>
<LAYER name=mgt_layer2 bgcolor="yellow">Text inside layer 2 </LAYER><BR>
<LAYER id=mgt_layer3>Text inside layer 3 </LAYER>
</HTML>
<HTML>
<HEAD><SCRIPT src=/javascript/special.js>
</SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT>
function chg(color)
{
var xLayer=document.layers["mgt_layer2"];
alert(xLayer.bgcolor); //get undefined
//xLayer.bgcolor="blue";
xLayer.bgcolor=color
//xLayer.visibility="hide";
alert(xLayer.id); //get mgt_layer2
alert(xLayer.bgcolor); //get blue
return true
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD><BODY BGCOLOR='FFFFFF' TEXT='000000' ALINK=WHITE VLINK=WHITE LINK=WHITE>
<FORM NAME=emp_form METHOD=POST>
<TABLE CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<TR><TH><FONT FACE=ARIAL SIZE=2>Organization Code:
<TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE=ARIAL SIZE=2>
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="org_code2" VALUE="" READONLY MAXLENGTH=25 SIZE=25 >
<TR><TH><FONT FACE=ARIAL SIZE=2>Segment Code:<TH>
<SELECT NAME=seg SIZE=4>
<OPTION VALUE=1A2000000 ><FONT FACE=ARIAL SIZE=2>0000</FONT></OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE=1A2300000 ><FONT FACE=ARIAL SIZE=2>Z000</FONT></OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE=1A230A000 ><FONT FACE=ARIAL SIZE=2>A000</FONT></OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE=1A230E000 ><FONT FACE=ARIAL SIZE=2>E000</FONT></OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE=1A230F000 ><FONT FACE=ARIAL SIZE=2>F000</FONT></OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE=1A230K000 ><FONT FACE=ARIAL SIZE=2>K000</FONT></OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE=1A230N000 ><FONT FACE=ARIAL SIZE=2>N000</FONT></OPTION>
</SELECT>
<TH><INPUT TYPE=BUTTON value=GO>
<TR><TD>
Management: <input name="management" type="radio" value="yes" onclick="chg('blue')"> <strong> yes
<input name="management" type="radio" value="no" onclick=" document.mgt_layer3.visibility='hide'"> no </strong>
</TABLE>
</FORM>
<BR><BR>
<LAYER name=mgt_layer2 bgcolor="yellow">Text inside layer 2 </LAYER><BR>
<LAYER id=mgt_layer3>Text inside layer 3 </LAYER>
</HTML>
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