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The value of "ID" must be a number, you need to convert it to a string

On 11 Jul 2003 at 10:51, Bill Vanselow wrote:

> I'm looking to write a JavaScript that can read the value of a hidden field, and 
> then check to see if 
> the first 4 characters is equal to a string. Does anyone know how to do this?
> I've tried this script, but "substr" is not a valid method.
> var MyField = this.getField("ID");
var MyStr = ""+MyField.value;               // concat a string to a number, yields a 
string
// var MyStr = MyField.valueAsString;   // Acro5.0 or later
> app.alert(MyStr.substr(1,4));
> thanks
> Bill

Regards,

dps


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