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AJAX xmlhttpRequest call in Mozilla...

Hi, I would like to know if FireFox or Netscape 7.2 or any Mozilla browsers support Synchronous calls for the xmlHttpRequest method? I am looking at this call:

xmlHttpRequest.open( "GET", targetURL, false)

Any suggestions or comments are well appreciated! If possible, can you please provide a simple example of it working in FireFox? Thanks so much!

Thanks again,
G.

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gen228

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Thank you for your response Mike ! I will test out this code and get right back to you!

Thanks again,
G.

gen228

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Hi rdcpro, thanks again for you help. I am a beginner about this xmlHttpRequest and ajax stuff, and I was wondering if you can answer these questions:

1. I understand AJAX is a technique where there is a javascript engine that takes care of some tasks while a request is being processed by the web server. In this way, the user will not have to wait for the request to be processed b/c the JS engine will continue working for them.

2. Is the XMLHttpRequest section of code the javascript engine?

3. Is the code I pasted below a good way to see AJAX in action(there is a javascript error), if not, is it possible you can provide a very simple example?

Thanks a greal deal for your great help!,
G.

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<script type='text/javascript'>
function include(lyr,url)
{
var xml=new XMLHttpRequest();
xml.open("GET",url,false);
xml.send(null);
document.getElementById(lyr).innerHTML=xml.responseText;
}
</script>
</HEAD>

<BODY>
<a href="#" onClick="include('somediv','http://www.test228.com');return false">test</a>
<div id="somediv"> </div>
</BODY>
</HTML>

gen228

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Hi rdcpro ! Thanks for your excellent help and responses!

Thanks again,
G.