SCRIPT5: Access is denied in IE9 on xmlhttprequest

Maybe you like to check the links below:

• Making cross domain JavaScript requests using XMLHttpRequest or XDomainRequest
• XMLHttpRequest – Mozilla Developer Network
• A good summary of the jQuery x-domain requests
• Which browser supports x-domain?

You likely have a Mark-of-the-Web on the local file. See http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ieinternals/archive/2011/03/23/understanding-local-machine-zone-lockdown-restricted-this-webpage-from-running-scripts-or-activex-controls.aspx for an explanation.

This example illustrate how to use AJAX to pull resourcess from any website. it works across browsers. i have tested it on IE8-IE10, safari, chrome, firefox, opera.

if (window.XDomainRequest) xmlhttp = new XDomainRequest();
else if (window.XMLHttpRequest) xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
else xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");

xmlhttp.open("GET", "http://api.hostip.info/get_html.php", false);
xmlhttp.send();

hostipInfo = xmlhttp.responseText.split("\n");
var IP = false;
for (i = 0; hostipInfo.length >= i; i++) {
    if (hostipInfo[i]) {

        ipAddress = hostipInfo[i].split(":");
        if (ipAddress[0] == "IP") {
            IP = ipAddress[1];
        }
    }
}
return IP;