[?] XMLDom loading files with <?xml ?> data...

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[?] XMLDom loading files with <?xml ?> data... by whiz on 06-13-2011 at 10:33 AM

Note: this question relates to using the XMLDom ActiveXObject with an HTML Application, although this effect also occurs with standalone JScript, and I assume with Plus! scripting as well.

I'm trying to load an XML file that looks something like this:

XML code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<app version="1.0">
<name>...</name>
<coder>...</coder>
<version>...</version>
<release_date>...</release_date>
<short_description>...</short_description>
<long_description>...</long_description>
</app>

Trouble is, I can only seem to read the first line (<?xml ... ?>). Using something like:

Javascript code:
XMLDom.selectSingleNode("//app/" + Node + "/").nodeValue

...where Node is any of the child nodes (name, coder etc.), always seems to return:

code:
version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"

Even using //app[@version="1.0"]/ has no effect. However, the following code works (by returning the app node).

Javascript code:
XMLDom.selectSingleNode("//").nextSibling // but can also select //app/ or anything else

As long as the select function receives something with a // at the start, it fetches the <?xml ?> section. Why is this?