if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
document.getElementById('A1').innerHTML=xmlhttp.status;
document.getElementById('A2').innerHTML=xmlhttp.statusText;
document.getElementById('A3').innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
xmlhttp.open("GET",url,true);
<h2>Retrieve data from XML file</h2>
<p><b>Status:</b><span id="A1"></span></p>
<p><b>Status text:</b><span id="A2"></span></p>
<p><b>Response:</b><span id="A3"></span></p>
<button onclick="loadXMLDoc('/static/example/cd_catalog.xml')">Get XML data</button>