JavaScript/Handling XML
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Simple function to open an XML file
[edit | edit source ]This function first tries for Microsoft Internet Explorer, then for Firefox and others:
functionloadXMLDoc(xmlfilename){ varevent=newError(); // Internet Explorer try{ varxmlDoc=newActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM"); }catch(event){ // Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, others try{ xmlDoc=document.implementation.createDocument("","",null); }catch(event){ throw(event.message); } } try{ xmlDoc.async=false; xmlDoc.load(xmlfilename); return(xmlDoc); }catch(event){ throw(event.message); } return(null); }
Usage
[edit | edit source ]varobjXML=loadXMLDoc("filename.xml"); varoNodes=objXML.getElementsByTagName("AnyTagYouWish");
Now you can do any DOM operations on oNodes.
XML modifications can't be saved in JavaScript, as this is clientside...