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Re: xml and javascript

• From: "Stephen Green" <stephen.green@b...>
• To: <xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:40:03 +0000

Rick,

There doesn't seem to be a cross-browser solution and 
it therefore either means putting browser-handling code
in a function or the like or using a toolkit that saves you
this onerous aspect of Ajax.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLHttpRequest

In fact it seems to me (no expert mind) that it isn't just
a matter of having to distinguish IE from Mozilla but also
of distinguishing between various versions of MSXML in
various versions of IE too. Personally I think I'd go for a
toolkit.

All the best

Stephen Green

>>> Rick Marshall <rjm@z...> 20/03/07 11:29:21 >>>
can someone put me out of misery please...

Having realised that xmlHTTPRequest is great, but HTML has limitations - 
in particular if I want to update a DIV with the result and execute some 
Javascript I can a) make up my own syntax or b) try to use builtin 
Javascript functions for processing XML.

Hmmm... this seems to be browser dependent. Is this correct? I need XPATH.

I have a simple vocabulary to do the work - basically:

<response>
    <update id="xxx"> </update>
    ...
    <execute>...</execute>
    </response>

where updates go into innerHTMLs of the id's and executes are handled by 
eval(); (the application takes care of making sure the updates are valid 
html).

(I know I should probably ask on the Mulberrytech list - but I've never 
had success with that list - have to change all my email settings to use 
it - unlike this friendly list).

I'm looking for generic (ie IE + Firefox at least) solutions - so MXML 
is possible but it seems only available in IE and I can't find any 
simple solution for FF.

All pointers and links accepted with grateful thanks.

Rick

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