Reset HiddenField if AutoCompleteExtender returns no results

Question

Hi i need to be able to reset a HiddenField's value if my AutoCompleteExtender returns no results (specifically, if the user searches for something that's not in the list/database). I have this JS code now:

function autoCompleteItemSelected(source, eventArgs) {
    var assocHiddenField = document.getElementById(source.get_id() + '_hidden');
    assocHiddenField.value = eventArgs.get_value();
}

How would I modify this to check if the list is null? Currently it seems to just leave the value as it was previously.

Thanks

Answer 1

I tried to set null and an empty array to the value of the hiddenInput and both work fine. Could you alert the value of assocHiddenField.value?

<button onclick="resetHiddenInputValue();"> Reset hidden input! </button>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function resetHiddenInputValue() {
            var hiddenInput = document.getElementById("hiddenInputId");

            alert('The value of the hidden input before the action:' + hiddenInput.value);
            var searchResult = null;
            // var searchResult = new Array(); 
            hiddenInput.value = searchResult;
            alert('The value of the hidden input after the action:' + hiddenInput.value);
        }
    </script>
<input type="hidden" value="hiddenvalue1" id="hiddenInputId" />