• Poll the readystate property by using a timer. When the data is ready, turn the timer off.
• Use DOMDocument to load the XML data and handle the state by using the withevents keyword. Note that if you are using XMLHTTP to post the data first, this resolution does not work.
• Create a wrapper class and create a procedure to handle the event, then set the procedure to be the default and bind the class to the onreadystatechange XMLHTTP event.

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. In Visual Basic, create a new Standard EXE project.
2. Add a reference to the Microsoft XML 3.0 library.
   
   NOTE: If you do not have this version installed, see the "References" section.
3. Add 4 command buttons to Form1. Change the captions of the buttons to the following:
   
   
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   Command Button Caption	Change to...
   Command1	Fail
   Command2	Polling Using Timer
   Command3	Using Class Wrapper
   Command4	Using DOMDocument

4. Add a timer to the form.
5. Paste the following code in Form1:

   Option Explicit
   
   Public XMLHttpRequest As MSXML2.XMLHTTP
   Public WithEvents XMLDom As MSXML2.DOMDocument30
   
   Private Function FunctionReadyStateChange()
       Debug.Print XMLHttpRequest.readyState
   End Function
   
   Private Sub Command1_Click()
       FailedOnReadyState
   End Sub
   
   Private Sub Command2_Click()
       TimerResolution
   End Sub
   
   Private Sub Command3_Click()
       ClassResolution
   End Sub
   
   Private Sub Command4_Click()
       DOMResolution
   End Sub
   
   Private Sub FailedOnReadyState()
   On Error GoTo FailedState
       If Not XMLHttpRequest Is Nothing Then Set XMLHttpRequest = Nothing
       
       Set XMLHttpRequest = New MSXML2.XMLHTTP
       
       ' Assign the wrapper class object to onreadystatechange.
       XMLHttpRequest.OnReadyStateChange = FunctionReadyStateChange
   
       ' Get some XML asynchronously.
       XMLHttpRequest.open "GET", "http://localhost/test.xml", True
       XMLHttpRequest.send
       
       Exit Sub
   
   FailedState:
       MsgBox Err.Number & ": " & Err.Description
   
   End sub    
   
   Private Sub TimerResolution()
       If Not XMLHttpRequest Is Nothing Then Set XMLHttpRequest = Nothing
       Timer1.Interval = 1
       
       Set XMLHttpRequest = New MSXML2.XMLHTTP
       
       ' Get some XML asynchronously.
       XMLHttpRequest.open "GET", "http://localhost/test.xml", True
       XMLHttpRequest.send
   End Sub
   
   Private Sub ClassResolution()
       If Not XMLHttpRequest Is Nothing Then Set XMLHttpRequest = Nothing
       
       Dim MyOnReadyStateWrapper As MyReadyStateHandler
       Set XMLHttpRequest = New MSXML2.XMLHTTP
   
       ' Create an instance of the wrapper class.
       Set MyOnReadyStateWrapper = New MyReadyStateHandler
   
       ' Assign the wrapper class object to onreadystatechange.
       XMLHttpRequest.OnReadyStateChange = MyOnReadyStateWrapper
   
       ' Get some XML asynchronously.
       XMLHttpRequest.open "GET", "http://localhost/test.xml", True
       XMLHttpRequest.send
   
   End Sub
   
   Private Sub DOMResolution()
       If Not XMLHttpRequest Is Nothing Then Set XMLHttpRequest = Nothing
       If Not XMLDom Is Nothing Then Set XMLDom = Nothing
       
       Set XMLDom = New MSXML2.DOMDocument30
       
       XMLDom.async = True
       XMLDom.Load "http://localhost/test.xml"
       
   End Sub
   
   Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
       Debug.Print XMLHttpRequest.readyState
       If XMLHttpRequest.readyState = 4 Then
           MsgBox "Done"
           Timer1.Interval = 0
       End If
   End Sub
   
   Private Sub XMLDom_onreadystatechange()
       Debug.Print XMLDom.readyState
       If XMLDom.readyState = 4 Then
           MsgBox "Done"
       End If
   End Sub
   					

6. Add a class to the project and name it MyReadyStateHandler. Paste the following code into the class:

   Option Explicit
   
   Sub OnReadyStateChange()
       Debug.Print Form1.XMLHttpRequest.readyState
       If Form1.XMLHttpRequest.readyState = 4 Then
           MsgBox "Done"
       End If
   End Sub
   					

7. In MyReadyStateHandler, select OnReadyStateChange. On the menu, click Tools, and then click Procedure Attributes.
8. The name that appears in the box should be OnReadyStateChange. Click Advanced.
9. In the ProcedureID box, select Default.
10. Click OK to close the Procedure Attributes dialog box.
11. Create a new file in your localhost folder and name it Test.xml. Paste the following XML in the file:

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <Root>
      <Testing>This is to test the onreadystatechange event on the XMLHTTPRequest or DOMDocument</Testing>
      <Testing>This is due to the event not being declared in the type library</Testing>
    </Root>
    					

12. Run the form.
13. Click Fail. The error message appears.
14. To view one or more of the possible resolutions for this problem, do one of the following:
    • To view the Polling resolution, click Polling Using Timer. The states appear in the immediate window, and a message box that reads "Done" appears when the document is loaded.
    • To view the Class Wrapper resolution, click Using Class Wrapper. The states appear in the immediate window, and a message box that reads "Done" appears when the document is loaded.
    • To view the DOMDocument resolution, click Using DOMDocument. The states appear in the immediate window, and a message box that reads "Done" appears when the document is loaded.
    NOTE: For any of the steps above, you can place breakpoints at various places to step through the code.

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