Hi

I am new to Java script and XMLDOM. I have an XML file on my local sever and I have to send it to a different company using HTTP post. They use XMLHTTP and XMLDOM to retrieve it.

I am a java programmer and I am trying to use Java script and XMLDOM and XMLHTTP to send the file. I know I can use XMLDOM and load the xml file. But I am not sure how to access the file on the local system and save it in XMLDOM.

I am struggling with this problem from the last three days and I really need help…

Can anyone help me with this??????

Thanks

This is the script I am using. But this is not recognizing the note.xml file in my C drive? Can any one help me with this?

Thanks

<script type="text/javascript">
            var xmlDoc
            function loadXML()
            {
                //load xml file
                // code for IE
                if (window.ActiveXObject)
                {
                xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
                xmlDoc.async=false;
                xmlDoc.load("note.xml");
                getmessage()
                }
                // code for Mozilla, etc.
                else if (document.implementation &&
                document.implementation.createDocument)
                {
                xmlDoc= document.implementation.createDocument("","",null) ;
                xmlDoc.load("note.xml");
                xmlDoc.onload=getmessage
                }
                else
                {
                alert('Your browser cannot handle this script');
                }
            }
</script>

To send the document you will need the XmlHttpRequest, either the Microsoft ActiveX version or the built-in one in Gecko based browsers, Netscape, FireFox etc.
Once you have an instance you call the open method specifying the method, URL and whether to wait for return or carry on processing, you then send the data:
There are plenty of examples in the Microsoft XML sdk and a google search of XmlHttpRequest should show you some cross browser techniques to retrieve the intial XmlHttpRequest object.

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

Thank you. I made it. But I have an issue again

I have to write a code that runs on the server that posts an XML file to the given URL using XMLHttpRequest Object.

I know that I can use XMLHttpRequest Object on the client side in JavaScript to do this. But is there anyway where I can use XMLHttpRequest object on the server side which can be run as a stand alone application

Can any one give me any idea on this?

Thank You

Yes you can, but normally on a server you'd want to use the Msxml2.ServerXmlHttp.4.0 class rather than Msxml2.XmlHttp.4.0. It's quite common to use this as normal security forbids the client retrieving data from a site other than the one whence the page originated. The class can be used to fetch information from a remote server which is then passed to the client.

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)