load

loads data from an external file ( xml, json, jsarray, csv )

url	string	url to an external file
call	function	after loading callback function, optional, can be omitted
type	string	type of data (xml,csv,json,jsarray), optional, xml by default

promise

a "promise" object

Example

// load grid from an external file
myGrid.load("grid.xml");
 
// load grid, execute doAfterRefresh() function after grid was loaded
myGrid.load("grid.xml",doAfterRefresh);
 
// load grid from an external csv file, 
// execute doAfterRefresh() function after grid was loaded
myGrid.load("grid.csv",doAfterRefresh,"csv");
 
// returns a "promise" object, see details
myGrid.load(url).then(function(text){
    // text - a server side response
});

DHTMLX is integrated with Promiz.js library to treat the result of asynchronous operations (like data loading) without callbacks. Read more about integration of DHTMLX with Promiz.js.

• integration with Promiz.js is added in version 5.1

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