Hi,

I've been struggling with this for days. I am calling a function from a very complex asp page/form that uses the XMLHTTP object to handle some processing on another server. I need to grab the result of the call which is in javascript. I know that everything I read says to load the javascript into a hidden field on a form and submit it. This is not an option for me, because the calling page is so complicated. It would take forever to reload the entire form and fill in all previously entered data, just to get to the point where I left off. I then tried using a session variable, but since my results are being set from another server using the XMLHTTP object, the session data is not retained.

Please help! I'm approaching my deadline and not getting anywhere!
Thanks.
MelissaM

Hi Melissa,

Can you create a page on your server then use XmlHttp to send the data to that page & process it there?

Cheers,

Chris

I thought of that, but I'm getting so confused since I already have a call to xmlhttp for a different reason.
I'm pretty new to this object.

I have a js function that uses xmlhttp to call a server side script which access another domain via asp. I return the results back to the js function. This is where I'm stuck since the results are in js.

So I need to create an ASP function that calls my js function from the server using xmlhttp? (I'm so confused!)
Can you elaborate on what part you think needs to be in asp and what in js? Ultimately I need my return status value back in an ASP variable.

Thanks.
Melissa

Hi Melissa,

Sounds like you may be able to create an ASP page that you call via XmlHttp from your JavaScript with the results from the first call.

On this ASP page, you can do whatever processing you need to do using the information in the XmlHttp call.

So...

1. Client-side: send XmlHttp request to other server
2. Client-side: parse XmlHttp response from other server and create XmlHttp request to your server with results
3. Server-side: parse XmlHttp request and action as required

You cannot call a clientside function from the server using XmlHttp.

HTH,

Chris