Question

I am trying to load an xml file that is on my local system. But I always get Network_err. I do the following.

function LoadXmlDoc(dName)
{
    var xhttp;
    if(window.XMLHttpRequest)
    {
        xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    else
    {
        xhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    }
    try
    {       
        xhttp.open("GET", "file.xml", false);
        xhttp.send();
    }
    catch(e)
    {       
        window.alert("Unable to load the requested file.");
        return;
    }
    return xhttp.responseXML;
}

How can I load an xml file that is on my system. all files are in same folder on my pc. Thanks

Answer 1

Try:

function XMLDoc()
{
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
  {
    xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
else
  {
    xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
    {
      if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
        {
            alert(xmlhttp.responseText);
        }
    };
xmlhttp.open("GET","yourfile",true);
xmlhttp.send();
}

Updated due to simplify

Invoke XMLDoc() and pass your file uri instead of yourfile

Note: Don’t forget to run this script on server