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Q457 Is it possible to make select object form hidden?

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Only in Netscape Navigator 4 and/or Internet Explorer 4 by the clever use of DHTML.

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!--
var hidden = false;
var mytext = '<FORM><SELECT><OPTION>This is option 1<OPTION>This is option 2<OPTION>This is option 3<OPTION>This is option 4<\/SELECT><\/FORM>';
function changeit() {
    if (hidden) {
        if (document.layers) {
            document.layers['GenericID'].document.open();
            document.layers['GenericID'].document.writeln(mytext);
            document.layers['GenericID'].document.close();
        }
        else if (document.all)
            document.all("GenericID").innerHTML= mytext;
    }
    else {
        if (document.layers) {
            document.layers['GenericID'].document.open();
            document.layers['GenericID'].document.writeln('');
            document.layers['GenericID'].document.close();
        }
        else if (document.all)
            document.all("GenericID").innerHTML= '';
    }
    hidden = !hidden;
}
//--></SCRIPT>

<DIV ID="GenericID" STYLE="position: absolute">
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!--
document.write(mytext);
//--></SCRIPT>
</DIV>

<BR><BR><FORM><INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="Click Me" onClick="changeit()"></FORM>

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