I am having problems with javascript OOP

[joekarbakuitz]

Whenever I try to create an object in javascript and give one of its variables the value of an object like this:

function theObj(obj_id) {
this.obj=document.getElementById(obj_id);
}

It gives me an error message. I dont have the slightest clue as to why this is. Please help me with this problem.

[philmadden87]

it could be because when you have a function with a variable within the brackets (function theObj(obj_id) { ) it means its gettin a value to put in the place of obj_id from another part of the source code.

[Anarchos]

Make sure that you don't run the code until the page has finished loading, or at least wait until all the layers you would access are finished loading. If that doesn't help post some more code.

[Flawless_koder]

alert the obj_id to see what it's giving you.

If it says [object] then you already have the dom handle reference.

Otherwise it'll give you a name which you can check is actually an object in the page.

Flawless

[Andrew-J2000]

if think it was this

"If it says [object] then you already have the dom handle reference."

do you mean if you call the function from say 'onlick' it passes that id to the function?

[Flawless_koder]

It would have the [object] handle if the function caller was passed a document.element handle:

handlemefunction(document.field);

Flawless

[joekarbakuitz]

It turned out to be where I was assigning the object to that variable before the page was fully loaded.

Thanks for your help!