Creating XML Strings in JavaScript and manipulating(insert/delete) elements

[debrief]

Hya,


How can I create a xml document using javascript and populate it with
content?


thanks in advance
john

 

[Martin Honnen]

How can I create a xml document using javascript and populate it with
content?

With Mozilla, Opera and Safari you can use the W3C DOM Level 2 Core API
to create an XML DOM document and manipulate it:
var xmlDocument = document.implementation.createDocument('', 'root',
null);
var foo = xmlDocument.createElement('foo');
foo.appendChild(document.createTextNode('bar'));
xmlDocument.documentElement.appendChild(foo);

With IE you need to use e.g.
var xmlDocument = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLDOM');
xmlDocument.appendChild(xmlDocument.createElement('root'));
var foo = xmlDocument.createElement('foo');
foo.appendChild(document.createTextNode('bar'));
xmlDocument.documentElement.appendChild(foo);

 

[debrief]

With Mozilla, Opera and Safari you can use the W3C DOM Level 2 Core API
to create an XML DOM document and manipulate it:
var xmlDocument = document.implementation.createDocument('', 'root',
null);
var foo = xmlDocument.createElement('foo');
foo.appendChild(document.createTextNode('bar'));
xmlDocument.documentElement.appendChild(foo);

With IE you need to use e.g.
var xmlDocument = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLDOM');
xmlDocument.appendChild(xmlDocument.createElement('root'));
var foo = xmlDocument.createElement('foo');
foo.appendChild(document.createTextNode('bar'));
xmlDocument.documentElement.appendChild(foo);

The code for IE does not work

It gives an error message "Type mismatch" on the:

foo.appendChild(...);


any ideas?


Thanks,

 

[Martin Honnen]

The code for IE does not work

It gives an error message "Type mismatch" on the:

foo.appendChild(...);

My bad, correct
foo.appendChild(document.createTextNode('bar'));
to
foo.appendChild(xmlDocument.createTextNode('bar'));

 

[debrief]

My bad, correct
foo.appendChild(document.createTextNode('bar'));
to
foo.appendChild(xmlDocument.createTextNode('bar'));
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Thanks... perfect!