Auto Select first row

I know you can get the first row by using:
obj.setProperty("selection/index", 0);

how do I grab the data out of column 1 upon that auto-select.

I want the value to populate document.form1.PROGID.value

any help would be appreciated

You can always grab the data from the data model and this does not depend on the selection at all.

var text = obj.getDataProperty("text", i, j);

If you load the data asynchronously - you can plug your code into table.response() method:

http://www.activewidgets.com/messages/892-1.htm