Greetings all,

I'm a new member to this group, I'm having a problem with the IXMLDocument's save method and I'm not sure how to fix it.

I have a javascript function SaveToXML in which I'll load existing xml file to msxml2.DOMDocument.4.0 object. Then I added new nodes to Root element of the XMLDoc and I'm trying to save it to the same xml file.

At the end of the script I used the line "alert(xmlDoc.xml)" to see that my XML has been revised (this is for debugging only) and then use the line "xmlDoc.save(filename)". I'm able to see my expected changes in alert but not in xml file on disk.

The problem here is XMLDoc.Save(filename) is not intended for use from a secure client, such as Microsoft® Internet Explorer. I can able to save to file from View mode in Visual Studio InterDev 6.0. Can anybody help me to save xml file using JScript and DOM without using Server objects. I put security level to low for IE 6.0 on my work station.

I am trying to do a simple GuestBook for my site using XML, almost finished this except for this problem, If anyone out there can help me with this, I would greatly appreciate:) it.

If the site is added to the "Trusted Sites" zone and activex permissions are all set to "Enable" or "Prompt" then this will work. Of course you cannot make the users set their machines up this way unless you are running an intranet or the like.

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

The bottom line is that, in general, you can't use the save functionality for an XML document from browser JavaScript.

Nicholas C. Zakas
Author, Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (ISBN 0764579088)
http://www.nczonline.net/