Detecting server down on loadXML

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#1

I need to be able to detect if the server is down or if we’ve lost communication to the server. On normal AJAX requests I can look at loader.xmlDoc.responseText and detect a problem, showing the user a nice pop-up box.

However, when using loadXML, how can I detect if the server didn’t return any XML (eg, times out and returns “”)?

What is the preferred method to do this?

#2

If server didn’t return any XML, “Icorrect XML” error will be thrown by the browser. You can catch this eror with dhtmlxError object:

dhtmlxError.catchError("LoadXML",function(a,b,data){ //data[0] - request object //data[0].responseText - incorrect server side response ... any kind of custom logic here ... });

#3

Thank you, that worked! :smiley: