[.net] Javascript with ASP question

I believe the following might do it:

var obj = document.getElementById('Label1');
obj.value = 'Some new text here';

In normal HTML you can just refer to objects by their name from within script, although it might have to be within the

tags.

Unfortunately you might think you can do that, but you're totally at the mercy of however
Last time I checked, in browsers which claim to be (or it thinks are) MSIE6 on Windows, it will use a span, otherwise it may use something else.

The exact rendering method of an ASPNET control is undocumented and should not be relied on not to change between versions. Moreover, it varies depending on the apparent target browser (NOT the *actual* target browser), the phase of the moon and such like.

Therefore, do not try to use client-script with a server control.

The safest way of doing it is putting it inside a normal
Otherwise you're at the mercy of the flawed-browser-detection and/or randomly-changing-between-versions implementation of the dodgy ASPNET controls.

Mark