Question

I have trouble loading an xml file stored on my local network… (you could say… local HDD… it doesn’t matter I guess).
I have the piece of code that you find everywhere online:

$.ajax({
   url: "data\raportfile.xml",
   dataType: ($.browser.msie) ? "text" : "xml",
   error: function(data){
      alert('ma-sa de treaba');
},
   success: function(data){
     var xml;
     if (typeof data == "string") {
       xml = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
       xml.async = false;
       xml.loadXML(data);
     } else {
       xml = data;
     }
     // Returned data available in object "xml"
   }
 });

But I don’t know why… I get the error message… that this stuff doesn’t work…
Are there any ways besides this one? Is there something I do wrong here? Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

The path data\raportfile.xml looks like a filesystem path. Your file needs to be accessible over http.

Put the file somewhere in the site root, and address it using forward slashes ie /path/to/file.xml