I had a question about the StateSuggestion() function. I'm using this entire autosuggest_Part3 (part a) as the base for my own code. I'm actually using manager names instead of states. I've written code that includes an xml DOM to pull server-side data and create javascript like below.

(ORIGINAL)

function StateSuggestions() {
    this.states = [
        "Alabama", "Alaska", "Arizona", etc..
    ];
}

(MY CODE)

ManagerSuggestions = "this.manager = [" + aManagerName + "];"
alert(ManagerSuggestions);

The problem is the alert box actually creates an alert popup like the original code and eventually looks like:

this.manager = [
  "FIRSTPERSON_LN, FIRSTPERSON_FN",
  "SECONDPERSON_LN, SECONDPERSON_FN",
  "SECONDPERSON_LN, SECONDPERSON_FN"
  ];

but it doesn't work bc as soon as I type into the textbox where the autosuggest control should fire from, I get this error that reads:

'this.managers.length' is null or not an object

HELP!

Is it manager or managers?

--

Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

oops, that was suppose to read

this.managers