URL:

URL: <INPUT TYPE="text" SIZE="60" ID="url">
<INPUT TYPE="button" VALUE="Load URL" onclick="JavaScript:load()">
<DIV ID="results" STYLE="color:red;font-weight:bold;"></DIV>

function load() {
  xmldoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.3.0");
  xmldoc.onreadystatechange = checkState;
  xmldoc.load(url.value);
}

function checkState() {
  var state = xmldoc.readyState;
  results.innerHTML += "readyState = " + state + "<BR>"
  if (state == 4) {
    var err = xmldoc.parseError;
    if (err.errorCode != 0) {
      results.innerHTML += err.reason + "<BR>"
	} else {
	    results.innerHTML +="success" + "<BR>"
      }
  }
}

results.innerHTML += "readyState = " + state + "<BR>"

To learn more about the four possible states, see our tip from yesterday.

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