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MMHttp.getTextCallback()

Description

Retrieves the contents of the document at the specified URL and passes it to the specified function.

Arguments

callbackFunc, URL

The first argument is the name of the JavaScript function to call when the HTTP request is complete.
The second argument is an absolute URL on a Web server; if "http://" is omitted from the URL, it is assumed.

Returns

An object that represents the reply from the server. The data property of this object is a string containing the contents of the document.

Example

The following code populates a form field with the text returned by the MMHttp.GetTextCallback() function or shows an error message if the function returns an error:

var requestID = MMHttp.getTextCallback("httpCallback", ¬
"www.dreamcentral.com/index.html")

function httpCallback(requestID,reply) {
	if (reply.statusCode == 200) {
		document.theForm.docContents.value = reply.data;
	}else{
		alert("Request #: " + requestID + "returned the following ¬
		error: " + reply.statusCode);
	}
}