419558 - error when loading xml file

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Akua]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080201 Firefox/2.0.0.12
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080201 Firefox/2.0.0.12

Hello, 

I am wroking on an xml program.  I tried to load my file using this formula that I got from the W3schools site...

function loadXMLDoc(dname) 
{
try //Internet Explorer
  {
  xmlDoc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
  }
catch(e)
  {
  try //Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, etc.
    {
    xmlDoc=document.implementation.createDocument("","",null);
    }
  catch(e) {alert(e.message)}
  }
try 
  {
  xmlDoc.async=false;
  xmlDoc.load(dname);
  return(xmlDoc);
  }
catch(e) {alert(e.message)}
return(null);
}


When I loaded my page into my browser, I got the following error

Component failure code:

0x80520012 (NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
[nsIDOMXMLDocument.load]

I could not load the page and use the XML DOM to access nodes.

When I used this function, it worked --I did not get an error:

<script type="text/javascript">
var xmlDoc;
try //Internet Explorer
  {
  xmlDoc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
  }
catch(e)
  {
  try //Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, etc.
    {
    xmlDoc=document.implementation.createDocument("","",null);
    }
  catch(e) {alert(e.message)}
  }
try 
  {
  xmlDoc.async=false;
  xmlDoc.load("akua.xml");
  document.write(xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("title")
  [0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
  document.write("<br />");
  document.write(xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("author")
  [0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
  document.write("<br />");
  document.write(xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("year")
  [0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
  }
catch(e) {alert(e.message)}
</script>

I surfed the web and noticed that others had the same problem.  I think that the error is in the browser, maybe a missing file or something.  Can you please fix it or make it easier for xml parser object to be created on your browser -- maybe you can make your next browser have the capability of automatically reading xml files so that programmers will not have to create a parser object at all. By this, I mean maybe you can make the browser read an xml file as it currently reads an html file and javascript files now.  Thanks



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create an xml file of your own, load it into it using the two methods.  My browser when I used the function to load my xml page, I got the error, when I used the non-function method, no error occurred
2.
3.


Expected Results:  
The browser should have read the file and produced the results

This is the page with the file information and formula used
http://www.w3schools.com/dom/dom_loadxmldoc.asp

Comment 1

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was originally reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.6 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.8 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.