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[RESOLVED] Ajax extract form details

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Jan 22.2009

in the past i used an ajax script to extract data from a Div tag on another page

i am trying to do the same with form values
ive tried

[CODE]myRequest.responseText.mail.token.value;
myRequest.responseText.document.mail.token.value;

var div = document.createElement(‘div’);
div.innerHTML = myRequest.responseText;
var val = div.mail.token.value;[/CODE]

the form’s ID is mail, the input box i am trying to fetch is called token

any help is gladly appreciated
thanks

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@MrNobodyJan 22.2009 — These two are just messed up -- because responseText is just a string (not a rendered document):
[CODE]myRequest.responseText.mail.token.value;
myRequest.responseText.document.mail.token.value;[/CODE]
This is close, but no cigar:
[CODE]var div = document.createElement('div');
div.innerHTML = myRequest.responseText;
var val = div.mail.token.value;[/CODE]
Provided the div is in a FORM or the responseText contains an entire FORM in an HTML string, then this will work (all things being equal):
[CODE]var div = document.createElement('div');
div.innerHTML = myRequest.responseText;
var val = document.forms['mail'].elements['token'].value;[/CODE]
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@PaPPyauthorJan 23.2009 — in error console i get

document.forms.mail is undefined
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@MrNobodyJan 23.2009 — Then "mail" is not the name of your form.
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@PaPPyauthorJan 23.2009 — crap i forgot i reworded things for on here

thank you, the form had an ID not a name, so i had to adjust it to what numbered form

thanks again
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