How do I get the value of a text area?

Question

I am a novice when it comes to CF. Our company uses CF16. I am copying existing code from one our other websites, however nobody is around that worked on it so there is nobody to ask.

The code displays a hidden <td> holder called "help_field_1new". This is used for entering new help information. When a button is pressed to add a new record the program updates the innerHTML to a textarea field (code = (document.getElementById(help_field_1new).innerHTML = "<textarea name='help_field_1_textnew cols='70' rows='3' onKeyUp='validateLen(event,this,2000);' onPaste='return validateLen(event,this,2000); return validEntry(event);' onDrop='return validateLen(event,this,2000); return validEntry(event);'>"+document.getElementById(help_field_1new).innerHTML+"</textarea>")

The problem is that I can't figure out how to retrieve the actual value that is entered....

I've tried document.getElementById, but all I get is the actual HTML.

Advice?

Thanks.

BKBK · Answer

First of all, the code you've given contains an error. There should be an extra single quote to delimit the name. That is, name='help_field_1_textnew' cols='70' in place of name='help_field_1_textnew cols='70'. It might be possible to get the value of the teaxtarea, in the action page, as form.help_field_1_textnew.

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