load

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

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

promise

a "promise" object

Example

// load dataview from an external file
myDataView.load("dataview.xml");
 
// load dataview, execute doAfterRefresh() function after dataview was loaded
myDataView.load("dataview.xml", doAfterRefresh);
 
// load dataview from an external csv file, 
// execute doAfterRefresh() function after dataview was loaded
myDataView.load("dataview.csv","csv", doAfterRefresh,);
 
// returns a "promise" object, see details
myDataView.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 Promix.js.

• integration with Promiz.js is added in version 5.1

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