xmlhttp req without ActiveX on IE 5/6

shypen42

Hi everybody,

I'm pretty new to Javascript (I'm more on the server-side usually :)

I've been doing some XMLHttp request lately, communicating
in an "Ajax" style (to be buzzword compliant) with the server...
Quite handy :)

It works fine on Firefox, Opera and IE 6 with ActiveX enabled
and apparently IE7 with ActiveX disabled.

However with ActiveX disabled on IE6 I get an error message:

"un composant ActiveX n'a pas pu creer un objet" (excuse my french ;)

Here's a blog from an IE7 developer:

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/01/23/516393.aspx

where it is stated:

"In IE6 and below, XMLHTTP is implemented as an ActiveX
"object provided by MSXML.

So my question is: is it possible to easily do (or simulate) the
equivalent of an XMLHTTP object using IE 6 with ActiveX
disabled?

What is actually the relation between an XMLHTTP object and
ActiveX in IE 6 and below?

Thanks in advance for any infos,

May 8 '06 #1

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Matt Kruse

sh******@yahoo. fr wrote:

So my question is: is it possible to easily do (or simulate) the
equivalent of an XMLHTTP object using IE 6 with ActiveX
disabled?

Yes, you can use a hidden IFRAME to communicate back and forth to the
server.
This introduces issues with the back button, however.

There is no way to use XMLHTTP in IE6 without ActiveX enabled.

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Matt Kruse
http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com
http://www.AjaxToolbox.com

May 8 '06 #2

shypen42

Matt Kruse wrote:

sh******@yahoo. fr wrote:
So my question is: is it possible to easily do (or simulate) the
equivalent of an XMLHTTP object using IE 6 with ActiveX
disabled?
Yes, you can use a hidden IFRAME to communicate back and forth to the
server.
This introduces issues with the back button, however.

oh I see... After reading your post I just read a little bit on that
subject.

There is no way to use XMLHTTP in IE6 without ActiveX enabled.

Thanks for the infos :)

May 8 '06 #3

Kevin Newman

sh******@yahoo. fr wrote:

So my question is: is it possible to easily do (or simulate) the
equivalent of an XMLHTTP object using IE 6 with ActiveX
disabled?

Dean Edwards recently blogged about a way to load XML without ActiveX
using XML data islands: http://dean.edwards.name/weblog/2006/04/easy-xml/

It isn't exactly "simulating " XMLHTTP, though I suppose you could write
a wrapper to do the simulating.

Kevin N.

May 10 '06 #4

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