Referencing the value of a drop-down box

I am trying to grab the value of the selected item in a drop-down(select) box. I have tried select1.selecteditem.value, but that is not a property. Any help?

If you have a SELECT setup with VALUE attributes, ex:

<SELECT NAME="selWhatever">
<OPTION VALUE="Red">Red
<OPTION VALUE="Green">Green
<OPTION VALUE="Blue">Blue
</SELECT>

...then you can get the value of the select with selectName.value, for example:

alert(selWhatever.value)

Hope this helps,
Paul