Question posted by: binnyva@gmail.com
(Guest)
on
August 3rd, 2005 06:45 PM
Hi everyone.
I just made a JavaScript program to read a RSS feeds and display it in
a HTML file. The script - Jasfer or JAvaScript FEed Reader - is
available at
http://www.geocities.com/binnyva/co...ascript/jasfer/
The problem that I have is that this script works only in IE. The XML
reading part goes fine - but I don't know how to access the DOM
sturcture in Firefox. The used code is given below.
/////////////////////////////////////// XML File Loading
///////////////////////////////////////
function xmlProcessor(data) {
nodes = data.documentElement.childNodes.item(0).childNodes
alert("Length : " + nodes.length
+ "\nFirst Item : " + nodes.item(0).nodeName
+ "\nFirst Item Value : " + nodes.item(0).childNodes[0].text);
}
//Firefox only function - happens when a XML file is loaded
function loadHandler () {
xmlProcessor(this); //Call the Commen function with 'this' data.
}
//Load the xml file - using different method for different browsers
function xmlLoad(xml_file) {
//Initializations
feed_id = 0;
feed_total = 0;
var xmlDocument = "";
feed_file = xml_file;
if(document.implementation.createDocument) {//Firefox
xmlDocument = document.implementation.createDocument('', '', null);
xmlDocument.load(xml_file);
xmlDocument.addEventListener('load', loadHandler, false); //This
function will happen when the file is loaded
}
else { //IE
var xmlDocument = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLDOM');
xmlDocument.async = false;
var loadResult = xmlDocument.load(xml_file);
if (loadResult) {
// process xml document with DOM methods e.g.
xmlProcessor(xmlDocument)
} else {
feedError();
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
xmlLoad("hhtp://www.geocities.com/binnyva/code/rss.xml");
/////////////////////////////////
The script works well in both bowers(IE and Firefox) till the
xmlProcessor() function is reached. I don't know how to use XML DOM
structure in Firefox. If any one knows the location of a good
tutorial/manual about this feature, please let me know.
Any help to get this script working in Firefox(and other browers) is
greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Binny V A
http://binnyva.blogspot.com/
