I previously posted a function to sniff which version of Microsoft XML Parser is installed on the client. The code is based on a script I found somewhere. Now I have made a new function to make it easier to use plus I have updated the main function.
Update: Download the script in one JS file.
What’s new?
- Microsoft XML Parser 5.0 support.
- Microsoft XML Parser 1.0 support (1.0/2.0 is treated as ver.1 while 2.6 is treated as ver.2).
- Set all XML Parser objects using one function (very handy). No need to worry about which version is installed!
The NewXMLParser() function returns the correct object - with the correct progid regardless of version installed. So if you want to create a new DOMDocument object you can use the following code:
<pre name="code" class="javascript">
DOXML()
function DOXML()
{
var DOMDocument = NewXMLParser(‘DOMDocument’);
if(DOMDocument > ‘’){DOMDocument = new ActiveXObject(DOMDocument)}else{alert(‘XML Parser not installed’);return false;};
// Do XML Parser scripting here
}
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You can specify ALL available XML Parser objects:
- DOMDocument (All versions)
- DSOControl (All versions)
- FreeThreadedDOM (All versions)
- MXDigitalSignature (5.0 only)
- MXHTMLWriter (4.0 and up)
- MXNameSpaceManager (4.0 and up)
- MXXMLWriter (4.0 and up)
- SAXAttributes (4.0 and up)
- SAXXMLReader (4.0 and up)
- ServerXMLHTTP (4.0 and up)
- XMLHTTP (All versions)
- XMLSchemaCache (2.6 and up)
- XSLTemplate (2.6 and up)
If you specify SAXXMLReader and the client only has version 3.0 installed, then the function will return an empty string. The same if you specify an object that does not exist. Note that there is no default object so you have to specify.
<pre name="code" class="javascript">
function NewXMLParser(ObjType)
{
var oXMLClientVer = new XMLClientVer();
if(oXMLClientVer.bIsMSXML5)
{
switch (ObjType)
{
case ‘DOMDocument’: { return ‘Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0’;break;}
case ‘DSOControl’: { return ‘Msxml2.DSOControl.5.0’;break;}
case ‘FreeThreadedDOM’: { return ‘Msxml2.FreeThreadedDOMDocument.5.0’;break;}
case ‘MXDigitalSignature’: { return ‘Msxml2.MXDigitalSignature.5.0’;break;}
case ‘MXHTMLWriter’: { return ‘Msxml2.MXHTMLWriter.5.0’;break;}
case ‘MXNameSpaceManager’: { return ‘Msxml2.MXNamespaceManager.5.0’;break;}
case ‘MXXMLWriter’: { return ‘Msxml2.MXXMLWriter.5.0’;break;}
case ‘SAXAttributes’: { return ‘Msxml2.SAXAttributes.5.0’;break;}
case ‘SAXXMLReader’: { return ‘Msxml2.SAXXMLReader.5.0’;break;}
case ‘ServerXMLHTTP’: { return ‘Msxml2.ServerXMLHTTP.5.0’;break;}
case ‘XMLHTTP’: { return ‘Msxml2.XMLHTTP.5.0’;break;}
case ‘XMLSchemaCache’: { return ‘Msxml2.XMLSchemaCache.5.0’;break;}
case ‘XSLTemplate’: { return ‘Msxml2.XSLTemplate.5.0’;break;}
default: {return ‘‘;break;}
}
}
else if(oXMLClientVer.bIsMSXML4)
{
switch (ObjType)
{
case ‘DOMDocument’: { return ‘Msxml2.DOMDocument.4.0’;break;}
case ‘DSOControl’: { return ‘Msxml2.DSOControl.4.0’;break;}
case ‘FreeThreadedDOM’: { return ‘Msxml2.FreeThreadedDOMDocument.4.0’;break;}
case ‘MXHTMLWriter’: { return ‘Msxml2.MXHTMLWriter.4.0’;break;}
case ‘MXNameSpaceManager’: { return ‘Msxml2.MXNamespaceManager.4.0’;break;}
case ‘MXXMLWriter’: { return ‘Msxml2.MXXMLWriter.4.0’;break;}
case ‘SAXAttributes’: { return ‘Msxml2.SAXAttributes.4.0’;break;}
case ‘SAXXMLReader’: { return ‘Msxml2.SAXXMLReader.4.0’;break;}
case ‘ServerXMLHTTP’: { return ‘Msxml2.ServerXMLHTTP.4.0’;break;}
case ‘XMLHTTP’: { return ‘Msxml2.XMLHTTP.4.0’;break;}
case ‘XMLSchemaCache’: { return ‘Msxml2.XMLSchemaCache.4.0’;break;}
case ‘XSLTemplate’: { return ‘Msxml2.XSLTemplate.4.0’;break;}
}
}
else if(oXMLClientVer.bIsMSXML3)
{
switch (ObjType)
{
case ‘DOMDocument’: { return ‘MSXML2.DOMDocument.3.0’;break;}
case ‘FreeThreadedDOMDocument’: { return ‘MSXML2.FreeThreadedDOMDocument.3.0’;break;}
case ‘DSOControl’: { return ‘MSXML2.DSOControl.3.0’;break;}
case ‘XMLHTTP’: { return ‘MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0’;break;}
case ‘XMLSchemaCache’: { return ‘MSXML2.XMLSchemaCache.3.0’;break;}
case ‘XSLTemplate’: { return ‘MSXML2.XSLTemplate.3.0’;break;}
default: {return ‘‘;break;}
}
}
else if(oXMLClientVer.bIsMSXML2)
{
switch (ObjType)
{
case ‘DOMDocument’: { return ‘MSXML2.DOMDocument’;break;}
case ‘FreeThreadedDOMDocument’: { return ‘MSXML2.FreeThreadedDOMDocument’;break;}
case ‘DSOControl’: { return ‘MSXML2.DSOControl’;break;}
case ‘XMLHTTP’: { return ‘MSXML2.XMLHTTP’;break;}
case ‘XMLSchemaCache’: { return ‘MSXML2.XMLSchemaCache’;break;}
case ‘XSLTemplate’: { return ‘MSXML2.XSLTemplate’;break;}
default: {return ‘‘;break;}
}
}
else if(oXMLClientVer.bIsMSXML1)
{
switch (ObjType)
{
case ‘DOMDocument’: { return ‘Microsoft.DOMDocument’;break;}
case ‘FreeThreadedDOMDocument’: { return ‘Microsoft.FreeThreadedDOMDocument’;break;}
case ‘DSOControl’: { return ‘Microsoft.DSOControl’;break;}
case ‘XMLHTTP’: { return ‘Microsoft.XMLHTTP’;break;}
default: {return ‘‘;break;}
}
}
else
{
return ‘’;
}
}
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This is the updaded XMLClientVer() function:
<pre name="code" class="javascript">
function XMLClientVer()
{
//*******
// Public properties
//*******
this.bIsMSXML5 = false;
this.bIsMSXML4 = false;
this.bIsMSXML3 = false;
this.bIsMSXML2 = false;
this.bIsMSXML1 = false;
//************
// Private implementation details
//************
var e = new Error();
var oXML = null;
// Try to load the most recent version of the MSXML parser;
// if that fails, try to load the next most recent version, and so on.
// Always test using the version dependent PROGID.
try
{
// Test for MSXML 5.0
oXML = new ActiveXObject(“Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0”);
oXML = null;
this.bIsMSXML5 = true;
return;
}
catch (e)
{
try
{
// Test for MSXML 4.0
oXML = new ActiveXObject(“MSXML2.DOMDocument.4.0”);
oXML = null;
this.bIsMSXML4 = true;
return;
}
catch (e)
{
try
{
// Test for MSXML 3.0
oXML = new ActiveXObject(“MSXML2.DOMDocument.3.0”);
oXML = null;
this.bIsMSXML3 = true;
return;
}
catch (e)
{
try
{
// Test for MSXML 2.6
oXML = new ActiveXObject(“MSXML2.DOMDocument.2.0”);
oXML = null;
this.bIsMSXML2 = true;
return;
}
catch (e)
{
try
{
// Test for MSXML 1.0/2.0
oXML = new ActiveXObject(“Microsoft.DOMDocument.1.0”);
oXML = null;
this.bIsMSXML1 = true;
return;
}
catch (e)
{
// NO XML PARSER INSTALLED!!
}
}
}
}
}
}
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