load

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

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

promise

a "promise" object

Example

// load list from an external file
myList.load("list.xml");
 
// load list, execute doAfterRefresh() function after list was loaded
myList.load("list.xml",doAfterRefresh);
 
// load list from an external csv file, 
// execute doAfterRefresh() function after list was loaded
myList.load("list.csv","csv",doAfterRefresh);
 
// returns a "promise" object, see details
myList.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 the version 5.1

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