Javascript to import xml file

[gbrendemuehl]

I am trying to create a javascript bookmarklet to import an xml file that is located on my pc. While I have found numerous examples of code that is part of a web page, I cannot get it to work as a bookmarklet.

The debug alerts are displaed until xmlDoc.load is called and then no error messages or anything else. This is running in Firefox 1.5.09 on windows 2000.

Any suggestions?

javascript:function%20loadXML()
{
    var dbug = 1; 
    var xmlfile = "c:\test.xml"; 
    var xmlDoc; 
    function import_xml(file) 
    {
        if (dbug) alert('ImportXML'); 
        var xmlDoc; var moz = (typeof document.implementation != 'undefined') && (typeof document.implementation.createDocument != 'undefined'); 
        var ie = (typeof window.ActiveXObject != 'undefined'); 
        if (moz) 
        {
            xmlDoc = document.implementation.createDocument("", "", null); 
            xmlDoc.onload = parse_xml;
        } 
        else if (ie) 
        {
            xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM"); 
            xmlDoc.async = false;  
            while(xmlDoc.readyState != 4) {}; 
        }
        if (dbug) alert('Load');
        xmlDoc.load(file);
        if (dbug) alert('Loaded');
    }
    function parse_xml() 
    {
        if (dbug) alert('parseXML');
    }
    if (dbug) alert('loadXML'); 
    import_xml(xmlfile);
}loadXML();void(null)
 

[acoder]

Two points: when testing for object detection, just use e.g.

if (window.ActiveXObject) // ie

Secondly, in Firefox, etc. you cannot access local files (security hole in IE).

See this page for an example of loading XML via AJAX.