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copied!<p>I'm doing some maintenance coding on a webapp and I am getting a javascript error of the form: "[elementname] has no properties"</p> <p>Part of the code is being generated on the fly with an AJAX call that changes innerHTML for part of the page, after this is finished I need to copy a piece of data from a hidden input field to a visible input field. So we have the destination field: <code><input id="dest" name="dest" value="0"></code> <br>And the source field: <code><input id="source" name="source" value="1"></code> <br>Now when the ajax runs it overwrites the innerHTML of the div that source is in, so the source field now reads: <code><input id="source" name="source" value="2"></code></p> <p>Ok after the javascript line that copies the ajax data to innerHTML the next line is: <code>document.getElementById('dest').value = document.getElementById('source').value;</code></p> <p>I get the following error: <code>Error: document.getElementById("source") has no properties</code></p> <p>(I also tried <code>document.formname.source</code> and <code>document.formname.dest</code> and same problem)</p> <p>What am I missing?</p> <p>Note1: The page is fully loaded and the element exists. The ajax call only happens after a user action and replaces the html section that the element is in.</p> <p>Note2: As for not using innerHTML, this is how the codebase was given to me, and in order to remove it I would need to rewrite all the ajax calls, which is not in the scope of the current maintenance cycle.</p> <p>Note3: the innerHTML is updated with the new data, a whole table with data and formatting is being copied, I am trying to add a boolean to the end of this big chunk, instead of creating a whole new ajax call for one boolean. It looks like that is what I will have to do... as my hack on the end then copy method is not working.</p> <p>Extra pair of eyes FTW.</p> <p>Yeah I had a couple guys take a look here at work and they found my simple typing mistake... I swear I had those right to begin with, but hey we live and learn...</p> <p>Thanks for the help guys.</p>

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