Converting plaintext to DOM objects

Hi All,

I have what I believe is a complex problem, but hopefully you'll be able to provide me with a simple answer.

I'm using XMLHttpRequest() to call a PHP script (which I have no control over), the script returns perfectly formed XHTML, unfortunately I only know how to read it as plaintext, so I can't insert it into my XHTML DOM tree using createnode.

I can display it using innerHTML, but as It doesn't belong to the DOM as such I can't do anything with it after that.

I hope this makes sense, I'm a backend programmer, so my clientside explanations may be lacking.

Thanks in advance

re: Converting plaintext to DOM objects

If it's valid XHTML/XML, it should be available in responseXML. If not, when you insert it into the page using innerHTML, it should be available in the DOM.

re: Converting plaintext to DOM objects

Ok, it may be my lack of understanding then, I was under the impression that innerHTML jsut kind of dumped the output and it wasn't seen by the DOM...

in which case a further question, how can I style the content inserted by innerHTML after the page has loaded?

EDIT: I see what the confusion was, I didn't know about responseXML, I was using responsetext.

thanks for the assist so far.

re: Converting plaintext to DOM objects

Access the element(s) and use the style property (Style object).

re: Converting plaintext to DOM objects

Is there no way to use my existing stylesheet?

EDIT: Forget this, I've worked out my problem.

Thanks Loads

re: Converting plaintext to DOM objects

your stylesheet applies to the xhtml document, no matter if you change it by ajax or not. as long as your rules apply to it I see no problem.

regards