great, now its working.  Thanks Srini

thanks srini, i dont have a space in the actual field, not sure why it showed in my post.  it also failed if i changed it to what you suggested.  here is my hierarchy, i think the problem must be the path i am putting in the script, can you see where i am going wrong?

this is what i have on the text field but i get a syntax error.  i'm afraid i am not great with javascript form1.#subform[0].TextField4::calculate - (JavaScript, client)$.rawValue = (form1.#subform[0].Table3.Row1.#subform[0].Location[0].selectedMember().caption.value.text.value);

Hi, I have been looking for an answer to this all morning.  I need to use the value from a radio list to populate a text field.  I can get the selected numeric value OK using$.rawValue = form1.#subform[0].Table3.Row1.#subform[0].Location[0].rawValuebut i want to get the text item associated with the...