I ran the debugger. You're right, at req.open("GET",url,true) I get 'permission denied'.
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<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
var req
function loadURL(url)
{
req=null
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
req=new XMLHttpRequest()
}
else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
req=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.X
}
if (req!=null) {
req.onreadystatechange=sta
req.open("GET",url,true)
req.send(null)
}
else {
document.writeln("Cannot get URL status. Your browser does not support XMLHTTP.")
}
}
function state_Change(){
// if req shows "loaded"
if (req.readyState==4) {
// if OK
if (req.status==200) {
document.getElementById('A
}
else {
document.getElementById('A
}
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="loadURL('http://ww
<p>
<b><a href="http://www.yahoo.com
</p>
</body>
</html>
It works fine offline, but once I put the code into an HTML portlet it doesn't work. I am not getting the security warning pop up so it doesn't look like the xmlhttp request object is being created.
Has anyone been able to get anything similar to work? If not, is there another way I can accomplish this in Portal?
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by: ZvonkoPosted on 2007-11-28 at 12:50:19ID: 20368653
Are you sure you get no access permission error or do you only not see the error?
In FireFox look for the error console by entering javascript: as url or by openning menu: Extras->ErrorConsole
In IE look in lover left window corner for the yellow triangle and click on it.
The acces is forbidden because you could fake yahoo.com if your script would be allowed, you see?