How to update check boxes in code

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by Arne Garvander :: Rate this Message:

This code does not work
var chk = $('#frmCoverage:checkbox');
chk.checked = true;

What am I doing wrong?

Re: How to update check boxes in code

by Karl Swedberg-2 :: Rate this Message:

you are trying to set a dom property on a jQuery object.

for the second line, either do:

chk[0].checked = true;

or:

chk.attr('checked', true);

--Karl

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Karl Swedberg

On Jul 2, 2009, at 3:45 PM, Arne Garvander wrote:

This code does not work
var chk = $('#frmCoverage:checkbox');
chk.checked = true;

What am I doing wrong?