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I uncovered the source of evil, I was just opening the .html file, and not accessing it through a web server. Wen I installed Apache and accessed the file through Apache it worked perfectly. Thanks for putting your time into this.

This code came from a book "Ajax for Dummies" and I am just trying to understand why I does'nt work. Where would you suggest I would do the send? I can't place it in XMLHttpRequestObject.onreadystatechange = function() because then it would do a send every time the readystate changes, right?

When this code is ran the XMLHttpRequestObject.status returns 0. Preventing the code inside the if to be ran. What could be the cause of this? thanks in advance [code]var offsetX, offsetY;         function MouseEvent(e)       {         if(e) {           this.e = e;         } else {           this.e = window.event;         }         if(e.pageX) {           this.x = e.pageX;         } else {           this.x = e.clientX;         }         if(e.pageY) {           this.y = e.pageY;         } else {           this.y = e.clientY;         }         if(e.target) {           this.target = e.target;         } else {           this.target = e.srcElement;         }       }         function addListener(type, callback)       {         if (document.addEventListener) {           document.addEventListener(type, callback, false);         } else if (document.attachEvent) {           document.attachEvent("on"+type, callback, false);         }       }         function removeListener (type, callback)       {         if (document.removeEventListener) {           document.removeEventListener(type, callback, false);         } else if (document.detachEvent) {           document.detachEvent("on" + type, callback, false);         }       }         function handleDown(e)       {         var e = new MouseEvent(e);         addListener("mousemove", handleMove);         addListener("mouseup", handleUp);         offsetX = e.x - parseInt(e.target.style.left);         offsetY = e.y - parseInt(e.target.style.top);         document.getElementById("targetDiv").innerHTML = "";       }           function handleMove(e)       {         var e = new MouseEvent(e);         var x = e.x - offsetX;         e.target.style.left = x + "px";         var y = e.y - offsetY;         e.target.style.top = y + "px";       }           function handleUp(e)       {           var e = new MouseEvent(e);         removeListener("mousemove", handleMove);         removeListener("mouseup", handleUp);         var target = document.getElementById("target");         var x = parseInt(target.style.left);         var y = parseInt(target.style.top);         var width = parseInt(target.style.width);         var height = parseInt(target.style.height);         if(e.x > x && e.x < x + width &&           e.y > y && e.y < y + height){           var XMLHttpRequestObject = false;           if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {             XMLHttpRequestObject = new XMLHttpRequest();           } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {             XMLHttpRequestObject = new             ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");           }           if(XMLHttpRequestObject) {               XMLHttpRequestObject.open("GET", "text.txt");             XMLHttpRequestObject.onreadystatechange = function()             {               [b]if (XMLHttpRequestObject.status == 200 && XMLHttpRequestObject.readyState == 4)[/b]                 ) {                   document.getElementById("targetDiv").innerHTML =                     XMLHttpRequestObject.responseText;                   delete XMLHttpRequestObject;                   XMLHttpRequestObject = null;               }             }             XMLHttpRequestObject.send(null);           }         }       }[/code]