[Zope] dtml naming conventions and js

[p.t.]

Hi,
I've a form-field set that would be convinient to name as a record, 
something like:

<input type="text" name="aForm.aField:record" value="aValue">

Having the necessity to reference some of these fields using java script, 
it appears that the fieldname violates the js namimg conventions.
I know that I can change name like aForm_aField, but this forces me to 
extract the dictionary parsing the REQUEST.form.
Does somebody know if there is a way to work around the js problem using 
the :record naming convention?
TIA,
	p.t.