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January 29, 2002 Waiting for XML Loading Tips: January 2002
Yehuda Shiran, Ph.D.
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By default, XML loading is done asynchronously. When you start loading a file, the browser does not wait for the loading to complete but rather continues interpreting the script. Sometimes, this is undesirable; For example, when the first thing you want to do in the script is work on the XML object, but the XML object is not ready yet. Let's see an example:
Run it now. You'll get an empty alert box, because the object is not loaded yet. Let's add an assignment to the async property:
Run it now. See the whole XML document displayed.
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