[whocares?]

hi experts. if its possible to read xml files locally from an html page using javascript without using any local server? tia.

[whocares?]

right now i am able to load xml using jquery .ajax function but it only loads xml files from server. what i need to do is to load xml from local file system. when i try to do it i get an error from chrome..

XMLHttpRequest cannot load file:///C:/Simplified.xml. Cross origin requests are only supported for HTTP.

[Dormilich]

Javascript per design is not allowed to access the local file system. thus chances are slim that there is a way. (otherwise a malicious website could easily read out your personal files)

[whocares?]

oh.. i've read that.. hmm is there anything i can do to accomplish this task?

[Dormilich]

not that I know of.

[whocares?]

so this is only possible server-side?

[Dormilich]

to the best of my knowledge, yes.

[whocares?]

oh.. well thanks for the info

[Tayacan]

Now, I don't know what you're trying to accomplice, so this may be completely useless to you... But wouldn't it be possible to create a script that uploads the file to your server, reads it and does whatever it is you want, and then perhaps deletes it from the server afterwards?