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I would like to load and parse an WMT_MS_Capabilities using Javascript. I have unsuccessfully tried severaly ways. I am trying with this file but I always get this error:

uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIXMLHttpRequest.send]" nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: file:///home/frowing/Projects/XMLParsing/testXML.js :: <TOP_LEVEL> :: line 10" data: no]

I hope someone can throw some light on this because I have no idea where to go next.

Thanks!

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This looks helpful - koders.com/javascript/… – Mapperz♦ May 8 '11 at 13:59

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I expect you'll need a proxy unless that is the site you are running your JavaScript from. See http://trac.osgeo.org/openlayers/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#ProxyHost for more details.

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If I had debugged with Chrome instead of Firefox, I would have known right away from the error it gives you. Thanks a lot! – frowing May 9 '11 at 6:17
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The WMT_MS_Capabilities file seems ok. I have validated it twice using the on-line XML validation services http://www.validome.org/xml/ and http://www.xmlvalidation.com/, and in both cases no error was found.

Thus, the error must be somewhere in file:///home/frowing/Projects/XMLParsing/testXML.js.

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