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Example 5-12
"Dynamic HTML:The Definitive Reference"
2nd Edition
by Danny Goodman
Published by O'Reilly & Associates  ISBN 0-596-00316-1
http://www.oreilly.com
Copyright 2002 Danny Goodman.  All Rights Reserved.
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<html>
<head>
<title>Embedding External XML Data</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {background-color:#ffffff}
table {table-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0}
td {border:2px groove black; padding:7px}
th {border:2px groove black; padding:7px}
.ctr {text-align:center}
</style>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
// global reference to XML document object
var xDoc;

// Draw table from xDoc document tree data
function drawTable(tbody) {
    var tr, td, i, j, oneRecord;
    tbody = document.getElementById(tbody);
    // node tree
    var data = xDoc.getElementsByTagName("season")[0];
    // for td class attributes
    var classes = ["ctr","","","","ctr"];
    for (i = 0; i < data.childNodes.length; i++) {
        // use only 1st level element nodes
        if (data.childNodes[i].nodeType == 1) {
            // one bowl record
            oneRecord = data.childNodes[i];
            tr = tbody.insertRow(tbody.rows.length);
            td = tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length);
            td.setAttribute("class",classes[tr.cells.length-1]);
            td.innerHTML = oneRecord.getElementsByTagName("number")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
            td = tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length);
            td.setAttribute("class",classes[tr.cells.length-1]);
            td.innerHTML = oneRecord.getElementsByTagName("year")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
            td = tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length);
            td.setAttribute("class",classes[tr.cells.length-1]);
            td.innerHTML = oneRecord.getElementsByTagName("winner")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
            td = tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length);
            td.setAttribute("class",classes[tr.cells.length-1]);
            td.innerHTML = oneRecord.getElementsByTagName("loser")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
            td = tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length);
            td.setAttribute("class",classes[tr.cells.length-1]);
            td.innerHTML = oneRecord.getElementsByTagName("winscore")[0].firstChild.nodeValue + " - " + oneRecord.getElementsByTagName("losscore")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
        }
    }
}
// verify that browser supports XML features and load external .xml file
function verifySupport(xFile) {
    if (document.implementation && document.implementation.createDocument) {
        // this is the W3C DOM way, supported so far only in NN6
        xDoc = document.implementation.createDocument("", "theXdoc", null);
    } else if (typeof ActiveXObject != "undefined") {
        // make sure real object is supported (sorry, IE5/Mac)
        if (document.getElementById("msxml").async) {
            xDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml.DOMDocument");
        }
    }
    if (xDoc && typeof xDoc.load != "undefined") {
        // load external file (from same domain)
        xDoc.load(xFile);
        return true;
    } else {
        var reply = confirm("This example requires a browser with XML support, such as IE5+/Windows or Netscape 6+.\n \nGo back to previous page?");
        if (reply) {
            history.back();
        }
    }
    return false;
}

// initialize first time -- invoked onload
function init(xFile) {
    // confirm browser supports needed features and load .xml file
    if (verifySupport(xFile)) {
        // let file loading catch up to execution thread
        setTimeout("drawTable('bowlData')", 1000);
    }
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="init('superBowls.xml');">
<h1>Super Bowl Games</h1>
<hr>
<table id="bowlGames">
<thead>
<tr><th>Bowl</th>
    <th>Year</th>
    <th>Winner</th>
    <th>Loser</th>
    <th>Score (Win or Lose)</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="bowlData"></tbody>
</table>
<!-- Try to load Msxml.DOMDocument ActiveX to assist support verification -->
<object id="msxml" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="1" classid="CLSID:2933BF90-7B36-11d2-B20E-00C04F983E60" ></object>
</body>
</html>

           
       








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