Re: manipulate xml that supports both IE and Mozilla

jrefactors@hotmail.com wrote:
> I want to use javascript to manipulate XML files.
>
> The following code works in IE but it won't work in Mozilla.
> var xml = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
>
> Any way to make it work in cross browsers?
>
> please advise. thanks!!
>

Hi

XMLHttpRequest is what you are after.

------------ SAMPLE CODE -------------
var xml;
try { xml = new XMLHttpRequest();}
catch (e) { xml = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); }

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With these you can use POST and GET to retrive XML from a server.

HTH's

Andy
Received on Tue Oct 18 02:44:26 2005