Simple embedding problem with xml and html.

[matthewst]

I can get the example at Http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_data_island.asp to work just fine but when I try it with my own XML and HTML files it only displays a little white box.My XML:

  <?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes" ?> - <IncrepDataset xmlns="http://tempuri.org/IncrepDataset.xsd">- <Control>  <Control_ID>0</Control_ID>   <Name>DocViewer</Name>   <Filename>docviewer.dll</Filename>   <Icon>doc</Icon>   <IncrepLoadable>true</IncrepLoadable>   <Version>4.0.0.28546</Version>   <TStamp>2006-11-06T18:00:09.4160070-06:00</TStamp>   </Control>- <Control>  <Control_ID>-1</Control_ID>   <Name>RIDS</Name>   <Filename>ridswrapper.dll</Filename>   <Icon>tool</Icon>   <IncrepLoadable>true</IncrepLoadable>   <Version>4.0.0.28559</Version>   <TStamp>2006-11-06T18:00:32.8518090-06:00</TStamp>   </Control>- <Control>  <Control_ID>-2</Control_ID>   <Name>Explosives</Name>   <Filename>atfwrapper.dll</Filename>   <Icon>tool_bomb</Icon>   <IncrepLoadable>true</IncrepLoadable>   <Version>4.0.0.28559</Version>   <TStamp>2006-11-06T18:01:01.2952610-06:00</TStamp>   </Control>- <Control>  <Control_ID>-3</Control_ID>   <Name>ChecklistViewer.Bomb Response</Name>   <Filename>checklistwrapper.dll</Filename>   <Icon>tool_checklist</Icon>   <IncrepLoadable>false</IncrepLoadable>   <Version>4.0.0.28559</Version>   <TStamp>2006-11-06T18:01:21.5461976-06:00</TStamp>   </Control>- <DataType>  <Datatype_id>1</Datatype_id>   <name>String</name>   <description />   </DataType>- <DataType>  <Datatype_id>2</Datatype_id>   <name>Decimal</name>   <description />   </DataType>- <DataType>  <Datatype_id>3</Datatype_id>   <name>INT</name>   <description />   </DataType>- <DataType>  <Datatype_id>4</Datatype_id>   <name>Boolean</name>   <description />   </DataType>- <DataType>  <Datatype_id>5</Datatype_id>   <name>DateTime</name>   <description />   </DataType>- <IncidentReport>  <IncidentReport_ID>0</IncidentReport_ID>   <Name>new</Name>   <TStamp>2006-11-06T18:00:01.8344249-06:00</TStamp>   <ProfileName>Bomb Response</ProfileName>   <GUID>b2d785ca-98c2-47dd-9343-3714598d8f31</GUID>   <License>24CC0LFL5T0K5D3944700DLRWYNU3R</License>   <Version>4.0.0.26014</Version>   </IncidentReport>- <NodeKeyValue>  <NodeKeyValue_ID>0</NodeKeyValue_ID>   <Node_ID>0</Node_ID>   <Key>name</Key>   <Value>Start</Value>   <submission_id>0</submission_id>   <Datatype_id>1</Datatype_id>   <visible>1</visible>   <TStamp>2006-11-06T18:00:09.6163130-06:00</TStamp>   </NodeKeyValue>- <NodeKeyValue>  <NodeKeyValue_ID>-1</NodeKeyValue_ID>   <Node_ID>0</Node_ID>   <Key>address</Key>   <Value>C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\DGI\CoBRA\4.0\Start\start.htm</Value>   <submission_id>0</submission_id>   <Datatype_id>1</Datatype_id>   <visible>1</visible>   <TStamp>2006-11-06T18:00:09.6163130-06:00</TStamp>   </NodeKeyValue>- <NodeKeyValue>  <NodeKeyValue_ID>-2</NodeKeyValue_ID>   <Node_ID>-1</Node_ID>   <Key>name</Key>   <Value>Emergency Response Procedures For Ordnance-Chem-IED-WMD</Value>   <submission_id>0</submission_id>   <Datatype_id>1</Datatype_id>   <visible>1</visible>   <TStamp>2006-11-06T18:00:39.4719223-06:00</TStamp>   </NodeKeyValue>- <NodeKeyValue>  <NodeKeyValue_ID>-3</NodeKeyValue_ID>   <Node_ID>-1</Node_ID>   <Key>address</Key>   <Value>C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\DGI\CoBRA\4.0\docs\Emergency Response Procedures For Ordnance-Chem-IED-WMD.pdf</Value>   <submission_id>0</submission_id>   <Datatype_id>1</Datatype_id>   <visible>1</visible>   <TStamp>2006-11-06T18:00:39.4719223-06:00</TStamp>   </NodeKeyValue>- <IncidentLog>  <IncidentLog_ID>-4</IncidentLog_ID>   <TStamp>2006-11-06T18:00:34.2639663-06:00</TStamp>   <Entry>RIDS selected</Entry>   <AddedByUser>false</AddedByUser>   <submission_id>0</submission_id>   <Priority>Low</Priority>   </IncidentLog>- <IncidentLog>  <IncidentLog_ID>-5</IncidentLog_ID>   <TStamp>2006-11-06T18:00:39.4719223-06:00</TStamp>   <Entry>C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\DGI\CoBRA\4.0\docs\Emergency Response Procedures For Ordnance-Chem-IED-WMD.pdf viewed</Entry>   <AddedByUser>false</AddedByUser>   <submission_id>0</submission_id>   <Priority>Low</Priority>   <Control_ID>0</Control_ID>   <Node_ID>-1</Node_ID>   </IncidentLog>- <IncidentLog>  <IncidentLog_ID>-13</IncidentLog_ID>   <TStamp>2006-11-06T18:01:26.9644749-06:00</TStamp>   <Entry>- 'IDENTIFY ON-SCENE COMMAND (OSC)/ COMMAND POST (CP) LOCATION.' checked</Entry>   <AddedByUser>false</AddedByUser>   <submission_id>0</submission_id>   <Priority>Low</Priority>   <Control_ID>-3</Control_ID>   </IncidentLog>- <IncidentLog>  <IncidentLog_ID>-14</IncidentLog_ID>   <TStamp>2006-11-06T18:01:38.6222841-06:00</TStamp>   <Entry>Incident Summary selected</Entry>   <AddedByUser>false</AddedByUser>   <submission_id>0</submission_id>   <Priority>Low</Priority>   </IncidentLog>  </IncrepDataset>

My HTML:

<html><body><xml id="log" src="CurrentLog.xml"></xml><table border="1" datasrc="#log"><tr><td><span datafld="AddedByUser"></span></td><td><span datafld="Priority"></span></td></tr></table></body></html>

Sorry about the length but I wanted to make sure anything that might be relevant was included.

[matthewst]

I know using data islands isn't the cool hip way to do things but it's the only way I understand. Can anyone tell me why my HTML won't pull data from my XML?

[boen_robot]

Maybe because you have dashes in your XML before your opening tags. That's only a browser's way of rendering raw XML. It's not how an XML file's source should look like. Remove all dashes ("-") and try again.

[matthewst]

I can't remove the dashes because the XML file is from a program log.I was able to get this to work, sort of.

<html><head><script type="text/javascript">var xmlDocfunction loadXML(){//load xml file// code for IEif (window.ActiveXObject)  {  xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");  xmlDoc.async=false;  xmlDoc.load("CurrentLog.xml");  getmessage()  }// code for Mozilla, etc.else if (document.implementation &&document.implementation.createDocument)  {  xmlDoc= document.implementation.createDocument("","",null);  xmlDoc.load("CurrentLog.xml");  xmlDoc.onload=getmessage  }else  {  alert('Your browser cannot handle this script');  }}function getmessage(){document.getElementById("IncidentLog_ID").innerHTML=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("IncidentLog_ID")[0].firstChild.nodeValuedocument.getElementById("TStamp").innerHTML=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("TStamp")[0].firstChild.nodeValuedocument.getElementById("Entry").innerHTML=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("Entry")[0].firstChild.nodeValue}</script></head><body onload="loadXML()" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><p><font size="7"><b>COBRA Log</b></font><p><b>Log ID:</b><span id="IncidentLog_ID"></span><br/><b>Time Stamp:</b><span id="TStamp"></span><br/><b>Entry:</b><span id="Entry"></span></p></body></html> 

The problem is I can't get it to read beyond the first IncidentLog_ID, TStamp, and Entry. There are hundreds of ID's, TStamps, and Entrys in one of the real logs. How do I make the HTML read all of them?

[boen_robot]

What you're doing seems pointless. Try to learn XSLT.