Q1733 How do you dynamically write a form field to a layer so Netscape displays it?

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Q1733 How do you dynamically write a form field to a layer so Netscape displays it?

Netscape Navigator 4 uses separate documents for each layer. Therefore each form field you attempt to place in a layer meust be encapsulated within its own form tags, otherwise it will not render correctly.

Try using:

<html>

<head>

<script language="JavaScript"><!--
function updateLayer(object, text) {
  if (document.getElementById)
    document.getElementById(object).innerHTML = text;
  else if (document.all)
    document.all[object].innerHTML = text;
  else if (document.layers && document.layers[object]) {
    document.layers[object].document.open();
    document.layers[object].document.write(text);
    document.layers[object].document.close();
  }
}
//--></script>

</head>

<body onLoad="updateLayer('myLayer', '<form><input type=\'text\'></form>')">

<div id="myLayer" style="position: absolute">
</div>

</body>

</html>

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