binding xml file with dropdownlist

sonyrehal

plz tell me how to populate a dropdown list with this xml file: countries in one dropdown,,and states in 2nd dropdown 1 2 3 4

rakeshs312

sorry, use this file aspx

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000ff" vlink="#800080"
alink="#ff0000" onload="parseXML()" >

<SELECT NAME="Month_list">
<Option value="" >Month list</option>
</SELECT>
</form>

</body>

</html>

function parseXML()
{

try //Internet Explorer
{

xmlDoc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
}
catch(e)
{
try //Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, etc.
{

xmlDoc=document.implementation.createDocument("","",null);
}

catch(e)
{
alert(e.message);
return;
}
}
xmlDoc.async=false;
xmlDoc.load("XMLFile1.xml");
var markers = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("marker");
//alert(markers.length);
for (var i = 0; i < markers.length; i++) {
// obtain the attribues of each marker
var label = markers[i].getAttribute("label");
//alert(label);
var area = markers[i].getAttribute("area");
if(label!=null)
{
addOption(document.drop_list.Month_list, label, area);
}

}

function addOption(selectbox,text,value )
{
var optn = document.createElement("OPTION");
optn.text = text;
optn.value = value;
selectbox.options.add(optn);
}

}
</script>

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<marker>
<marker area="Melbourne1" label="burwood" />
<marker area="Melbourne4" label="cumming st" />
<marker area="Melbourne6" label="illard" />
</marker>