Getting the values of textboxes in Javascript

Answer 1

I find this to work effectively, Below I am getting a date from an asp.net textbox and then getting today's date. I then send both dates through a function to get the number of months that I need to do my calculation (be aware that the code uses Infragistics libraries (if you intent to copy and paste, replace those calls with standard JavaScript calls):

function calculateMonthlyRepayment() 

    var tStartDate = $find('dp_Start_Date');
    var startDate = tStartDate.get_value();
    var today = new Date();
    var numMonths = monthDiff(startDate, today);     
    var rate = igedit_getById('WebNumericEdit_InterestRate').getValue() * 0.01;
    var intRate = (rate / 100) / 12;
    var principal = igedit_getById('WebCurrencyEdit_Proposed_Owing').getValue();
    var repayment = (principal * (Math.pow((1 + intRate), numMonths)) * intRate / (Math.pow((1 + intRate), numMonths) - 1));

    igedit_getById('txt_Monthly_Repayment').setValue(repayment);

}
function monthDiff(d1, d2) {
    var months;
    months = (d2.getFullYear() - d1.getFullYear()) * 12;
    months -= d1.getMonth() + 1;
    months += d2.getMonth();
    return months <= 0 ? 0 : months;
}