Hi Tom,
So, assuming Javascript has got hold of the xml packet - treated as a
string - you could use the Microsoft XML parser as an activeX object (IE
specific, but perhaps that's okay for you).
Here's a quick example, I had an xml packet containing information about
companies (company id and name). I am assuming that Javascript sees your xml
packet as a string called XMLString
/*instantiate activeX object*/
var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument");
/*load xml packet into this object*/
ok = xmlDoc.loadXML(XMLString);
/*obtain relevant nodes in the packet (in my case, all the companies)*/
nodeList = xmlDoc.selectNodes('companies/company');
/*loop through the nodes*/
for (var i=0; i<nodeList.length; i++) {
oNode = nodeList.item(i);
children = oNode.childNodes;
company_id = children.item(0).text;
company_name = children.item(1).text;
/*now I have a handle on the name and id of the company
use this to populate the html on your page
e.g. document.write(company_name+"<br />") and so on*/
}
Perhaps you could use something along these lines?
Hope that helps you.
Helen.
Helen Warren
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http://www.torchbox.com
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> Subject: [cf-xml] returning xml to javascript
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> I have a situation where I call an action page that produces an XML
document.
> The action page is called through an IFRAME and it returns the xml packet
to a
> JavaScript function on the parent. I want to be able to loop through the
XML
> document and populate a drop down box without reloading the page. I�m
> successful getting the action page to return the xml packet to the
parent�s
> JavaScript function, but I can not get JavaScript to work with the xml
data.
> I�ve tried the various methods available to the xml document but nothing
> works. Any help would be appreciated.
>
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