Help can't seem to get location path syntax correct RSS

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  GMann

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  Help can't seem to get location path syntax correct

  Nov 09, 2012 07:06 PM|LINK

  Hi:

  I am trying to read an xml file located at c:\books.xml like so

   xml = loadXMLDoc("c:/books.xml");

   

  The code can't seem to find it ?

  function loadXMLDoc(dname) {
             if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
                 xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
             }
             else {
                 xhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
             }
             xhttp.open("GET", dname, false);
             xhttp.send("");
             return xhttp.responseXML;

        }
  
             I am getting Jscript error when I try and open my file with :  xhttp.open("GET", dname, false);

  Thanks for your help
   

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  madflatpicke...

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  Re: Help can't seem to get location path syntax correct

  Nov 09, 2012 08:27 PM|LINK

  The open method, you are calling as xhttp.open() is used to request data from a URL on a server.

   

  You are attempting to open a local file.  That is invalid.

   

  Thanks! /m.
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  Gaspard

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  Re: Help can't seem to get location path syntax correct

  Nov 09, 2012 09:57 PM|LINK

  This link may help

  http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/netfxjscript/thread/29a2f351-5bb2-4edd-ac19-c2e4d3b6f4d0

  Regards

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  GMann

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  Re: Help can't seem to get location path syntax correct

  Nov 10, 2012 02:02 AM|LINK

  Thanks

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  GMann

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  Re: Help can't seem to get location path syntax correct

  Nov 10, 2012 02:05 AM|LINK

  Thanks;

  I found the answer, i ran across some windows documentation which memtioned the 'C' language and  doing a relative path 

  so I tried this  xml = loadXMLDoc(\\..\\..\\books.xml"); which  located the file in the root of the C; drive.

  
  

  • Edited by GMann on Nov 10, 2012 02:06 AM
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