Hi Kai, What loadURL does is an AJAX request so the object your setHTML function receive is an AJAX response and responseText is one of its properties.
You can learn more at : http://www.w3schools.com/dom/dom_http.asp Learn more with one of the best javascript teacher : firebug. If you're not using it, I suggest you to do so. Hope this helps, Alexandre Kai Behncke wrote: > Dear list, > > I have got a question to understand better OpenLayers-code. > > Let`s take "getFeatureInfo.html" (of the examples) > > For example it`s written: > > > OpenLayers.loadURL(url, '', this, setHTML); > function setHTML(response) { > OpenLayers.Util.getElement('nodeList').innerHTML = > response.responseText; > } > > it works well, but to understand that code "more from the base on" I tried > to use the Developer Documentation. > > The loadURL-function is well explained, but if look for the "response"-Value > in the function "setHTML" > I don`t seem to find the right thing. > > I mean: Where/How can I find out that the parameter "response.responseText" > exists (and what it exactly means)? > > Might it be that some parameters are not documented or have I overseen > anything? > > > Thank you very much, Kai > -- Alexandre Dubé Mapgears www.mapgears.com _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
