Hi,

In a test page I have the following javascript that deletes the text out of a readonly <input type="text" id="Text1"> by listening to the key stroke events.  The javascript is as follows: 

if (typeof window.event != 'undefined')
  document.onkeydown = function()  {  return (event.keyCode != 8);  }
else
  document.onkeypress = function(e) {  return (e.keyCode != 8);  }

ListenerControl.prototype.handleKeyUp = function (oEvent) {
var iKeyCode = oEvent.keyCode;
//for backspace (8) and delete (46), shows suggestions without typeahead
if (iKeyCode == 46) { this.textbox.value = ''; }
};

ListenerControl.prototype.init = function () {
var oThis = this;
this.textbox.onkeyup = function (oEvent) {
  if (!oEvent)
  {
    oEvent = window.event;
  } 
  oThis.handleKeyUp(oEvent);};
};

 Window.onload event attachement will not work on Netscape directly ... Go fo following code ..

function myAttachEvent ( object , eventName , eventHanlder )
 {

if(window.addEventListener){ // Mozilla, Netscape, Firefox
	object.addEventListener(eventName, eventHanlder , false);
} else { // IE
	object.attachEvent(eventName , eventHanlder );
}

} 

You need to call this function as 

 myAttachEvent ( window , 'onload' , Your_funcation_name ) ;

Problem i see with your code:

 document.getElementById('ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$UploadNewComp1$Test1'))

The "name" parameter uses "$", and you are getting by "ID", which uses "_", so that line should be

document.getElementById('ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_UploadNewComp1_Test1'))
 

Good catch Morningz!

For some reason the other javascript functions that I have for onmouseover and onblur...worked fine with the document.getElementByID( '$'s ), but not for registering the listener. 

Do you know why that is?  I find it wierd that any would work in the first place.

Thanks,

 all i know is that if you are getting a DOM object by "id", then you should use the id, not the name....

i have absolutely no explanation why it would work any other way