Reading files from hard drive with javascript

Question

My application creates .xml files and stores them on the user\'s hard drive; there is a default folder that I set in the web.xml to store the files, le

Answer 1

It's best to expose your files via HTTP and use mxUtils.load("http://yoursite/static/yourfile.xml").

Search for static files on Apache HTTP Server HowTo. Setup Apache to serve your xml files, make sure that you can view xml file in browser and then use the same url in mxUtils.load call.