Dynamically either Create or Copy XML in javascript

[LovinIt]

Hi all I need a little help here.

I am using a third party control. And with that I am creating lines in my form dynamically through DOM.

The third party ASP/Javascript control uses xml data islands persae(hope that is the right word) to reference the data. Such as what is seen below.

<xml id="xmlAcctCodes" src="getAcctCodes.asp"></xml>

For each new line there is a new control that needs a new xml dataisland created.

So, what I need to do is either create a new XML data island from scratch via javascript or clone one that is already loaded and append it to the body area.

I have tried to do this but have run into issues:

Attempt #1:
This does create the XML node as needed. However, what happens is it is too slow too load. As in by the time it gets to where I am creating and initializing the third party control the XML doc hasn't loaded yet. If I put an alert after this code and wait a few seconds and then click ok to continue it works.

So with this example, I need a way to make it not continue until the XML tag has finished loading the page.

var oXMLAcct;
oXMLAcct = document.createElement("<XML id='xmlAcctCodes" + iLineCount + "' src='getAcctCodes.asp' />");
document.body.insertBefore(oXMLAcct);

Attempt #2:
Cloning works part way. Except Two things:
1) I can't assign the ID value, which is an issue. I have tried two ways.
2) the insertBefore statement bombs. Telling me that no such interface is supported

var oXMLAcct;
var cCMLAcct = document.getElementById('xmlAcctCodes');
oXMLAcct = cCMLAcct.cloneNode(true);
//Two different way I tried assigning the id
oXMLAcct.id =  'xmlAcctCodes' + iLineCount;
oXMLAcct.documentElement.id =  'xmlAcctCodes' + iLineCount;
//This line bombs.  I have also tried appendChild with the same result.
document.body.insertBefore(oXMLAcct);

Any help at getting this to work is greatly appreciated.

I have to be able to do it this way as I do not have the ability to change the Third party code and the way it works.

Many thanks,

Angela

 

[LovinIt]

I got it to work.

But would appreciate opinion about how I did it and whether or not it might cause problems down the road?

This is it:

var oXMLAcct;
oXMLAcct = document.createElement("<XML id='xmlAcctCodes" + iLineCount + "' src='getAcctCodes.asp' />");
oXMLAcct.async = false;
oXMLAcct.load('getAcctCodes.asp');
document.body.insertBefore(oXMLAcct);

What yah think?

Angela