Importing an external text file

[jclarke]

I need to know if it's possible to store an external text file into a variable to use later?

[mrhoo]

The easiest way is to use an XMLHttpRequest to get the file and store the reponseText in your global variable

[jclarke]

The easiest way is to use an XMLHttpRequest to get the file and store the reponseText in your global variable

Could anyone show me how to do that?

[TheBearMay]

Here's one way:


var fileContent = getFile("pathToFile");

function getFile(fileName){
oxmlhttp = null;
try{
oxmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
oxmlhttp.overrideMimeType("text/xml");
}
catch(e){
try{
oxmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
}
catch(e){
return null;
}
}
if(!oxmlhttp) return null;
try{
oxmlhttp.open("GET",fileName,false);
oxmlhttp.send(null);
}
catch(e){
return null;
}
return oxmlhttp.responseText;
}

[jclarke]

thanks!!