asign vars from external file

dakoz · Sep 26, 2003

hi all i have the following

<script>

var objXmlHTTP,objXmlDOM;
var aQuest;
var aAnswer = new Array(); //
var aSelected = new Array();
var count = 0;
var ansSel = 0;
var timerID;
var radIndex = -1;

var ExamDuration = 5 * 60 ;
var showtimer = 1
var NoQ = 10

how can these 3 last variables be load the from an xml file such as

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-7"?>
<data>
<QUESTIONS>10</QUESTIONS>
<TIMER>1</TIMER>
<DURATION>5 * 60</DURATION>

<question id="1">
<qtext>Ðïéüò åßíáé ï áñéèìüò ôùí ãíùóôþí ÷çìéêþ óôïé÷åßùí ùò ôï 1997</qtext>
<choices>
<choice>120</choice>
<choice>112</choice>
<choice>130</choice>
<choice>92</choice>
</choices>
<answer>2</answer>
</question>
<question id="2">
<qtext>Ðïéü ÷çìéêü óôïé÷åßï åéíáé õãñü;</qtext>
<choices>
<choice>Âñþìéï</choice>
<choice>Áæùôï</choice>
<choice>ÍÜôñéï</choice>
<choice>×áëêüò</choice>
</choices>
<answer>1</answer>
</question>
</data>

can this be done?

Lrnmore · Sep 26, 2003

Yes you can call a .js file from an external source
do this:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<script language="JavaScript">
var ExamD = 5 * 60 ; //these 3 can be put in a src file
var showtimer = 1; //and called from the server side
var NoQ = 10; //using "src="
function fill_data() {
document.write("<QUESTIONS>"+NoQ+"</QUESTIONS>"+"<br>&quot

;
document.write("<TIMER>"+showtimer+"</TIMER>"+"<br>&quot

;
document.write("<DURATION>"+ExamD+"</DURATION>"+"<br>&quot

;
}
</script>

</head>
<body>
<script language="JavaScript">
fill_data();
</script>

</body>
</html>

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Lrnmore · Sep 26, 2003

Sorry,

Meant to include this:
Between "header tags" use:
<script type='text/javascript' src='x_var.js'></script>

Where "x_var.js" is your file name.

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dakoz · Sep 29, 2003

yes this can be done...

but the xml is an existing file.. i dont want to write vars in an XML file... maybee i first discription was not very clear.

Look i have a file called quiz.html which has a Javascript inside.. this javascript loads and external XML File which contains all the answers and questions of the quiz.

in the javascript i declare the following options at the beginning.

<script>

var objXmlHTTP,objXmlDOM;
var aQuest;
var aAnswer = new Array(); //
var aSelected = new Array();
var count = 0;
var ansSel = 0;
var timerID;
var radIndex = -1;

var ExamDuration = 5 * 60 ;
var showtimer = 1
var NoQ = 10

i want the last 3 to be loaded from the XML File that i store my question and answers. The xml file looks like :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-7"?>
<data>
<question id="1">
<qtext>Ðïéüò åßíáé ï áñéèìüò ôùí ãíùóôþí ÷çìéêþ óôïé÷åßùí ùò ôï 1997</qtext>
<choices>
<choice>120</choice>
<choice>112</choice>
<choice>130</choice>
<choice>92</choice>
</choices>
<answer>2</answer>
</question>
<question id="2">
<qtext>Ðïéü ÷çìéêü óôïé÷åßï åéíáé õãñü;</qtext>
<choices>
<choice>Âñþìéï</choice>
<choice>Áæùôï</choice>
<choice>ÍÜôñéï</choice>
<choice>×áëêüò</choice>
</choices>
<answer>1</answer>
</question>
</data>

i want the 3 variables to be on the top of the XML File looking like this

<QUESTIONS>10</QUESTIONS>
<TIMER>1</TIMER>
<DURATION>5 * 60</DURATION>

and loaded from the JavaScript.

In other word i want to channge the XML each time without having to modify the JavaScript

Lrnmore · Sep 29, 2003

I don't know dakoz.
Let's see if the javascript vasity can help...

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