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XML DOM async Property

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Definition and Usage

The async property specifies whether downloading of an XML file should be handled asynchronously or not.

True means that the load() method returns the control to the caller before the download is complete.

False means that the download must be completed before the caller gets the control back.

Syntax

documentObject.async

Example

The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc using loadXMLDoc(). The loadXMLDoc() function uses the async property:

function loadXMLDoc(dname)
{
try //Internet Explorer
  {
  xmlDoc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
  }
catch(e)
  {
  try //Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, etc.
    {
    xmlDoc=document.implementation.createDocument("","",null);
    }
  catch(e) {alert(e.message)}
  }
try
  {
  xmlDoc.async=false;
  xmlDoc.load(dname);
  return(xmlDoc);
  }
catch(e) {alert(e.message)}
return(null);
}

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