Javascript to import xml file

[gbrendemuehl]

I am trying to create a javascript bookmarklet to import an xml file that is located on my pc. While I have found numerous examples of code that is part of a web page, I cannot get it to work as a bookmarklet.

The debug alerts are displaed until xmlDoc.load is called and then no error messages or anything else. This is running in Firefox 1.5.09 on windows 2000.

Any suggestions?

javascript:function%20loadXML()
{
	var dbug = 1; 
	var xmlfile = "c:\test.xml"; 
	var xmlDoc; 
	function import_xml(file) 
	{
		if (dbug) alert('ImportXML'); 
		var xmlDoc; var moz = (typeof document.implementation != 'undefined') && (typeof document.implementation.createDocument != 'undefined'); 
		var ie = (typeof window.ActiveXObject != 'undefined'); 
		if (moz) 
		{
			xmlDoc = document.implementation.createDocument("", "", null); 
			xmlDoc.onload = parse_xml;
		} 
		else if (ie) 
		{
			xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM"); 
			xmlDoc.async = false;  
			while(xmlDoc.readyState != 4) {}; 
		}
		if (dbug) alert('Load');
		xmlDoc.load(file);
		if (dbug) alert('Loaded');
	}
	function parse_xml() 
	{
		if (dbug) alert('parseXML');
	}
	if (dbug) alert('loadXML'); 
	import_xml(xmlfile);
}loadXML();void(null)

[acoder]

Two points: when testing for object detection, just use e.g.

if (window.ActiveXObject) // ie

Secondly, in Firefox, etc. you cannot access local files (security hole in IE).

See this page for an example of loading XML via AJAX.