Re: Why can I not use XMLHttpRequest to access a local resource from a local resource ?

2014-03-25 Thread Philip Taylor
Lemuel Johnson wrote: You can access the current server directory or below, you can't go up (../resource) Thank you, Lemuel. Already tried that (before asking), and trying to access "resources ..." rather than "../resources ..." leads to exactly the same error. For local testing set secur

Re: Why can I not use XMLHttpRequest to access a local resource from a local resource ?

2014-03-25 Thread Lemuel Johnson
Philip Taylor wrote: Access to restricted URI denied You can access the current server directory or below, you can't go up (../resource) For local testing set security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy to "false". It's recommended to set that back to "true" in production. Lemuel Johnson _

Why can I not use XMLHttpRequest to access a local resource from a local resource ?

2014-03-25 Thread Philip Taylor
Why can I not use XMLHttpRequest to access a local resource from a local resource ? Source URL : file:///F:/Hellenic-Institute/Research/Etheridge/Electronic-Edition/Index.html Error diagnostic : Timestamp: 25/03/2014 12:01:55 Error: NS_ERROR_DOM_BAD_URI: Access to restricted URI denied