function load1() {
  var xmldoc;
  xmldoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.3.0");
  xmldoc.async = false;
  xmldoc.load("mydvd.xml");
  alert(xmldoc.documentElement.xml);
}

Our second display includes all items in the XML file, including the directives in the beginning of the file, such as the XML version or the XSL file name. You accomplish this by asking for the xml property of the DOMDocument object. The load2() function demonstrates this presentation:

function load2() {
  var xmldoc;
  xmldoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.3.0");
  xmldoc.async = false;
  xmldoc.load("mydvd.xml");
  alert(xmldoc.xml);
}

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