access denied in browser (IE8) when I try to retri

Question

I have the following

<script type="text/javascript">
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
  {// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
  xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
else
  {// code for IE6, IE5
  xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP");
  }
xmlhttp.open("GET","test.xml",false);
xmlhttp.send();
xmlDoc=xmlhttp.responseXML; 

And then the file continues with other stuff... The problem is that I get an error on the line with xmlhttp.open which says Access Denied in IE 8. I run all this files locally and all of them are in the same folder... what can I do to get rid of this error? I googled it a little bit and it seems that the error remains. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Am not sure but most probably the issue may be because of the cross domain. I.e xmlparsing needs the xml and corresponding files to be uploaded in somje local server. Try using Tomcat or Wamp and call from the server using "http://localhost/appname". hope it works