How to create a string from XML Island in HTML?

chandima · October 9th, 2003, 06:21 PM

Hi there,

I want to display some address data in HTML page using XSL. I can use xml file to display in the HTML page. But, I want to do the same thing using XML Island embedded in to HTML ("XMLID" xml portion in the below HTML code)

I want to use loadXML() (as in the below ProcessXML1()), how ca I convert this "XMLID" xml island to a string?

function ProcessXML1() {

    var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.4.0");
    xmlDoc.async = false;
    xmlDoc.resolveExternals = false;
       xmlDoc.loadXML("<customer><first_name>Joe</first_name><last_name>Smith</last_name></customer>");
    if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) {
       var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError
       alert("You have error " + myErr.reason);
     }
}

Thanks in advance,
Chandima

<html>
<head>
<body>

<xml id="XMLID">
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Address>
  <name> ABC
    <phone>1234</phone>
    <cell>111111</cell>
  </name>
  <name>EFG
    <phone>77777777</phone>
    <cell>99999999 </cell>
  </name>
</Address>
</xml>

<script language="JavaScript">
    function ProcessXML() {
    // Load XML
    var xml = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
    xml.async = false
    //xml.load("addresses.xml") -- This works fine, but I want to use above XML Island instead of this addresses.xml file

    // Load XSL
    var xsl = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
    xsl.async = false
    xsl.load("addresses.xsl")

    // Transform
    document.write(xml.transformNode(xsl))
    }

</script>
<input type="button" onClick=ProcessXML()>
</body>
</html>

joefawcett · October 10th, 2003, 09:57 AM

If you're sure that version 4 is installed then use your first function with the following change:

Code:

function ProcessXML1() {

    var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.4.0");
    xmlDoc.async = false;
    xmlDoc.resolveExternals = false;
       xmlDoc.load(XMLID.XMLDocument);
/* OR
xmlDoc.loadXML(XMLID.XMLDocument.xml);
*/
    if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode != 0) {
       var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError
       alert("You have error " + myErr.reason);
     }

otherwise use the following prog id "Msxml2.DOMDocument.3.0".
and use:

Code:

xmlDoc.setProperty("SelectionLanguage", "XPath");

as your next line
Never use "Microsoft.XmlDom" unless you need to support version 1 and 2 machines.
The inequality operator in JavaScript is !=.

--

Joe

chandima · October 10th, 2003, 02:08 PM

Thanks. Joe. It works...

Chandima