Rick, Thank you so much, works great. That's been killing me for 2 days. I hadn't been using the quotes. How do the quotes effect the value if it is numeric?
I had to change the bracket to parens, syntax error.


>You can't access < %= % > expressions in a separate file since the separate javascript file is not an ASPX/ASP page hence it doesn't evaluate that value.
>
>There are a few ways around this.
>
>One is you can set a global variable in your main ASPX/ASP file :
>
>< script type="text/javascript>
>var sessionVar = "< %= Session["mySessionVar"] % >";
>< /script>
>
>Put that on the bottom before the form tag of your main form and then in the .js file you should be able to reference sessionVar as a global variable.
>
>+++ Rick ---
>
>
>>I have all my Javascript in a separate file linked to an html page. I am trying to get the session variable value from within a Javascript function. If the function code is on the html page it works, but it won't work in the linked file. I have written the value to the page with VBScript. I use a hidden text to pass to the Session variable. The Session variable has the correct value. Anyone know why I cannot get the Session variable value when the js code is in a linked file?
>>Code sample below:
>>

>>// fills comboxbox for vendors
>>function SelectVendor(classid) {
>>	var selCls = < %=Session("nSelCls")% >;
>>	if (selCls != 0){
>>		startForm.cboClasses.selectedIndex = selCls;
>>		classid=selCls;
>>	}
>>	var vendors=xmlClasses.childNodes(0).childNodes(classid);
>>	startForm.cboVendor.options.length=0;
>>	for (i=0;i<vendors.childNodes.length;i++) {
>>		oOption=document.createElement("OPTION");
>>		o=vendors.childNodes(i);
>>		new_option=o.getAttribute("vendor_name");
>>		oOption.text=new_option;
>>		oOption.value=new_option;
>>		startForm.cboVendor.options.add(oOption);
>>	}
>>	SelectPayType(classid,0);
>>}	
>>