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aakash22
Occasional Contributor
10 years ago

How to pass variable to eval(JavaScript) function

i have been trying to pass date value to my uneditable date filed. so i have retrieved the javascript ID(startDateCalendar_dateTextBox) for the field and i am trying to pass multiple values to the s...
  • HKosova's avatar
    HKosova
    10 years ago

    Is there a specific reason you're using eval? Can't you access the object directly like this?

    var obj = page.FindChildByXPath("//*[@id='startDateCalendar_dateTextBox']");

    // Or narrow down the search by specifying the HTML tag, for example:
// var obj = page.FindChildByXPath("//input[@id='startDateCalendar_dateTextBox']");

    obj.value = ...;

     

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HKosova
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
10 years ago

Is there a specific reason you're using eval? Can't you access the object directly like this?

var obj = page.FindChildByXPath("//*[@id='startDateCalendar_dateTextBox']");

// Or narrow down the search by specifying the HTML tag, for example:
// var obj = page.FindChildByXPath("//input[@id='startDateCalendar_dateTextBox']");

obj.value = ...;