Re: Variable Substitution

"Dennis Marks" asked

In the following function:

function showMenu(theMenu, theAction) {
if (document.getElementById)
{document.getElementById(theMenu).style.visibility = theAction;}
else {if (document.layers) {document.theMenu.visibility = theAction;}
else {document.all.theMenu.style.visibility = theAction;}}
}

Will the passed value of theMenu be substituted in the last 2 lines or
will it use "theMenu" as the value?

The latter.

Do I have to use the following:
eval("document.all."+theMenu+".style.visibility")

No. Try document.all[theMenu].style.etc.
with square brackets, no eval and no quotes.
HTH
Ivo