When using IE, the following works -

 alert("XML Root IE: " + xmlDoc.documentElement.tagName); // ok
 alert("Xml: " + xmlDoc.documentElement.xml);             // ok

but for FireFox, the functions xml,innerxml,outerxml, are all undefined.

   alert("tagName: " + xmlDoc.documentElement.tagName);  // ok
   alert("Xml Content: " + xmlDoc.documentElement.xml);  // undefined
   alert("Xml innerxml: " + xmlDoc.documentElement.innerxml);  // undefined
   alert("Xml outerxml: " + xmlDoc.documentElement.outerxml);  // undefined

How do I get the actual XML on FireFox? (I know I read the XML correctly because "documentElement.tagName" returns correct on both IE and FF)

Thanks,

Atara

EDIT: Here is the relevant FF code:

    var xmlDoc;

function fLoadXml() {
  // alert("fLoadXml()");
  if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
    fLoadXmlIE()
  } else if (document.implementation && document.implementation.createDocument) { // FF
    fLoadXmlFF()
  }
}

function fLoadXmlFF() {
   // alert("fLoadXmlFF()");
   xmlDoc = document.implementation.createDocument("","",null) ;
   xmlDoc.async = false;
   xmlDoc.onload = fReadXmlFF;
   var loaded = xmlDoc.load("myFile.xml");
   alert("loaded: " + loaded);
}

function fReadXmlFF() {
   alert("fReadXmlFF()");
   alert("tagName: " + xmlDoc.documentElement.tagName);
   alert("Xml Content: " + xmlDoc.documentElement.xml);  // undefined
   alert("Xml innerxml: " + xmlDoc.documentElement.innerxml);  // undefined
   alert("Xml outerxml: " + xmlDoc.documentElement.outerxml);  // undefined

}

When using IE, the following works -

 alert("XML Root IE: " + xmlDoc.documentElement.tagName); // ok
 alert("Xml: " + xmlDoc.documentElement.xml);             // ok

but for FireFox, the functions xml,innerxml,outerxml, are all undefined.

   alert("tagName: " + xmlDoc.documentElement.tagName);  // ok
   alert("Xml Content: " + xmlDoc.documentElement.xml);  // undefined
   alert("Xml innerxml: " + xmlDoc.documentElement.innerxml);  // undefined
   alert("Xml outerxml: " + xmlDoc.documentElement.outerxml);  // undefined

How do I get the actual XML on FireFox? (I know I read the XML correctly because "documentElement.tagName" returns correct on both IE and FF)

Thanks,

Atara

EDIT: Here is the relevant FF code:

    var xmlDoc;

function fLoadXml() {
  // alert("fLoadXml()");
  if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
    fLoadXmlIE()
  } else if (document.implementation && document.implementation.createDocument) { // FF
    fLoadXmlFF()
  }
}

function fLoadXmlFF() {
   // alert("fLoadXmlFF()");
   xmlDoc = document.implementation.createDocument("","",null) ;
   xmlDoc.async = false;
   xmlDoc.onload = fReadXmlFF;
   var loaded = xmlDoc.load("myFile.xml");
   alert("loaded: " + loaded);
}

function fReadXmlFF() {
   alert("fReadXmlFF()");
   alert("tagName: " + xmlDoc.documentElement.tagName);
   alert("Xml Content: " + xmlDoc.documentElement.xml);  // undefined
   alert("Xml innerxml: " + xmlDoc.documentElement.innerxml);  // undefined
   alert("Xml outerxml: " + xmlDoc.documentElement.outerxml);  // undefined

}

• javascript
• xml
• firefox

2 Answers 2

Found it in - http://www.hiteshagrawal./javascript/convert-xml-document-to-string-in-javascript

Solution:

function fReadXmlFF() {
   alert("tagName: " + xmlDoc.documentElement.tagName);  // ok
   strXml = (new XMLSerializer()).serializeToString(xmlDoc); // ok
   . . . 

xml is an IE only property, try something else like ChildNodes and NodeValue, check it out here: http://www.w3schools./dom/dom_document.asp