Path in javascript

[dpalmond]

I have javascript on a web page in our intranet to read an xml file. When I code the path as follows things work fine:
var xmlObj1 = new XML(".\xml\esf_data1.xml");

because xml is a folder in the path this web page is in.

I need to move the file in the xml folder to a different path on the server so that the file esf_data1.xml can be read by another web page that also needs the same file. This other web page is an exact copy of the first, but in a different path. I moved esf_data1.xml to another folder named statusform on the server and coded the path as follows:

var xmlObj1 = new XML("\\docsql\statusform\esf_data1.xml");

When I run the form in the browser it errors because it can't find the xml file, yet I can copy this path to the run command and it opens my xml file. Does anyone know how I can code the path so two identical web pages in different paths can share the same xml file?

 

[adam0101]

You're escaping those backslashes, right? Also, is this running on the server or on the client's browser? If on the client, do they have access to the UNC path you are specifying.

Adam

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