I have the following xml code in a document called note.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!-- Edited by XMLSpy® -->
<note>
<to>Tove</to>
<from>Jani</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
</note>
and i have the following html code in a file called sample.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>W3Schools Internal Note</h1>
<div>
<b>To:</b> <span id="to"></span><br />
<b>From:</b> <span id="from"></span><br />
<b>Message:</b> <span id="message"></span>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else
{// code for IE6, IE5
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
xmlhttp.open("GET","C:\Users\cxpv2\Desktop\IV\New folder\Test Game descriptions\attempt test game1\note.xml",false);
xmlhttp.send();
xmlDoc=xmlhttp.responseXML;
document.getElementById("to").innerHTML=
xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("to")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
document.getElementById("from").innerHTML=
xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("from")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
document.getElementById("message").innerHTML=
xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
</script>
</body>
</html>
This example is directly taken from w3schools.com
The node values in the above xml are not being displayed in the html document. Should i change the name of the html file or let me know if this is the right way to display the xml content in a html file.
I changed the
xmlhttp.open("GET","note.xml",false);
to
xmlhttp.open("GET","C:\Users\cxpv2\Desktop\IV\New folder\Test Game descriptions\attempt test game1\note.xml",false);
mentioning the whole exact location
Update
Let me know if iam doing it right atleast. I will ask my sysadmin if there is something wrong with activexobject
You cannot use XMLHttpRequest to make a local request as it would be security vulnerability to let a script read files from your local machine.
If you open the error console in your browser chances are you will see the error printed there.