reading xml values through javascript

[shareme]

hi
I am trying to get xml values into javascript I have been trying to get xml values through javascript and it is working fine in IE but not in firefox.
here are the javascript code

var xmlreq = false;
//xmlreq =document.implementation.createDocument("","",null);
xmlreq = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
var xmlFile="/val/valid.xml";
var vale="";
xmlreq.async="false";
xmlreq.onreadystatechange=verify();
xmlreq.load(xmlFile);
 var xmlDoc =xmlreq.documentElement;
 
vale=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('firstcheck')[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
 
// i need to get the values from xml to this variable "vale" 
 
function verify() { 
 if (xmlreq.readyState != 4) { 
return false; 
 } 
 alert(xmlreq.readyState);
}

my xml file is, "valid.xml"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<validationcheck>
    <firstcheck>check</firstcheck>
    <firstcheck>venki</firstcheck>
 
</validationcheck>

The above code is working fine with IE .I also tried to work with firefox with these code

xmlreq =document.implementation.createDocument("","",null );
but after load,
xmlreq.load(xmlFile);
var xmlDoc =xmlreq.documentElement;
if i alert xmlDoc
it gives null , and error is xmldoc has no properties.please help me

[acoder]

See this tutorial.

[gits]

especially have an eye on the 'async' property :) in the mentioned tutorial ...

[shareme]

Hi
Thank u for u suggestion .I worked out in another method and works here are solution ,

function getSalesTotal()

{
url = "/corporate/commonjs/YUI_js/validation/valid.xml";
// AJAX code for Mozilla, Safari, Opera etc.
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {


xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = xmlhttpChange;
xmlhttp.open("GET", url, true);
xmlhttp.send(null);
}
// AJAX code for IE
else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
if (xmlhttp)
{
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = xmlhttpChange;
xmlhttp.open("GET", url, true);
xmlhttp.send();
}
}
}

function xmlhttpChange()
{
first=1;
if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4) {
if (xmlhttp.status == 200) {
xmlhttp.responseXML.getElementsByTagName('required ')[select].firstChild.data
}
}
}
getSalesTotal();
xmlhttp.async="false";
xmlhttpChange();
the results are obtained through
xmlhttp.responseXML.getElementsByTagName('required ')[select].firstChild.data
in the above code [select] value will be eithe 0 or 1.I need to get either english or japanese words from xml.so depending upon browser language i will get the values from the xml file.