I've done something rather similar that works in IE and Firefox at http://marble.sru.edu/~ddailey/ajax.html
Perhaps that will help. David Dailey ----- Original Message ----- From: "samcctan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 6:33 AM Subject: [svg-developers] reading SVG file via IE > Hi all, > > I use new ActiveXObject as to read my svg file. I tried this is > Firefox and it works fine, but not in IE. > > function readXML(url){ > if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { > req = new XMLHttpRequest(); > req.overrideMimeType ("text/xml"); > alert("the req is " + req); > req.onreadystatechange = processReqChange; > req.open("GET", url, true); > req.send(null); > } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { > req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); > alert("The req is " + req); // nothing show up for the req > if (req) { > req.onreadystatechange = processReqChange; > req.open("GET", url, true); > req.send(); > } > } > } > > In firefox, it shows "the req is [object XMLHTTPRequest], but in IE, > it shows "The req is " (blank for req). This means that there is no > new object created. > > Then when I continue the code as follow: > > var desc = svgDOM.getElementsByTagName('desc') > [0].firstChild.nodeValue; > > There is an error popping out: Object Required. > > Can anyone give me some advice as I haven't a clue what happen here? > > Thanks in advance, > P. > > > > > > ----- > To unsubscribe send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -or- > visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my > membership" > ---- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/1U_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
