Return xmlhttprequest - variable not defined?

[smartic]

i'm having problem with returning the xml object that is my code:

function AJAX(){
    XMLObject = false;
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
        XMLObject = new XMLHttpRequest();
        if (XMLObject.overrideMimeType) {
            XMLObject.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
        }
    } else if (window.ActiveXObject){ // IE
        try {
            XMLObject = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
        } catch (e) {
                try {
                    XMLObject = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                }catch (e) {
 
                }
            }
        }
    if (!XMLObject) {
        alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
        return false;
    }
    XMLObject.open("GET","XML.php",true);
    XMLObject.onreadystatechange=function(){
        if(XMLObject.readyState==4 && XMLObject.status==200){
            var XMLFILE=XMLObject.responseXML;
        }
    }
    XMLObject.send(null);
    return(XMLFILE);
}

to use it in another function how can i do that ex:

makeList(AJAX(),makeSelection(this))

[r035198x]

i'm having problem with returning the xml object that is my code:

function AJAX(){
    XMLObject = false;
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
        XMLObject = new XMLHttpRequest();
        if (XMLObject.overrideMimeType) {
            XMLObject.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
        }
    } else if (window.ActiveXObject){ // IE
        try {
            XMLObject = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
        } catch (e) {
                try {
                    XMLObject = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                }catch (e) {
 
                }
            }
        }
    if (!XMLObject) {
        alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
        return false;
    }
    XMLObject.open("GET","XML.php",true);
    XMLObject.onreadystatechange=function(){
        if(XMLObject.readyState==4 && XMLObject.status==200){
            var XMLFILE=XMLObject.responseXML;
        }
    }
    XMLObject.send(null);
    return(XMLFILE);
}

to use it in another function how can i do that ex:

makeList(AJAX(),makeSelection(this))

And where is the problem then? Does it give you an error?

[smartic]

yes it give me error XMLFILE is not defined;

[r035198x]

yes it give me error XMLFILE is not defined;

You declared that inside the if statement and so its scope is inside that statement only.

[smartic]

but it give me another error (XMLData has no properties) in onther function when i define XMLFILE in the if statment:

function makeList(XMLData,num){
    var Category=XMLData.documentElement.childNodes[num];
    var AllMenus=Category.getElementsByTagName("Menu");
    var ListOptions=document.getElementById("Menu");
    var subListOptions=document.getElementById("subMenu");
    //to remove extra options
    ListOptions.options.length = 0
    subListOptions.options.length = 0
    for(i=0;i<AllMenus.length;i++){
        ListOptions.options[i]=new Option(AllMenus[i].getAttribute("type"));
    }    
}

[r035198x]

But your AJAX function will not run correctly. Declare that object at the start of the method then

[smartic]

can you please declare it more i don't understand

[pbmods]

Heya, smartic.

Have a look at this article.