load Javascript object from file

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Published on 2010-04-05T07:43:36Z Indexed on 2010/04/05 7:53 UTC
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Hi there,

I asked a question in this thread Stackoverflow, and it works perfect. So tnx to all the users who gave me a reply. But now I have a other question.

I would like to have the object in a seperate file, so I only need to update the file in stead of the JS file (otherwise it will be very big). I'm using JQUERY.

I now looks like this (with all the info in the JS file). IBANInfo is used to fill a selectbox

var IBANInfo = {
    "ccAL":{
        countryCode:"AL",
        countryName:"Albani&euml;",
        IBANlength:"28",
        bankFormCode:"0  8n 0 ",
        accountNum:"0  16   0 "
    },
    "ccAD":{
        countryCode:"AD",
        countryName:"Andorra",
        IBANlength:"24",
        bankFormCode:"0  4n 4n",
        accountNum:"0  12   0 "
    },
    "ccBE":{
        countryCode:"BE",
        countryName:"Belgi&euml;",
        IBANlength:"16",
        bankFormCode:"0  3n 0 ",
        accountNum:"0   7n  2n"
    }
};
//---- then this function is used to build the selectList
function createSelect(){
    var selectList   =  '';
    var key;
    selectList      +=  "<option value=''>Kies een land</option>\n";
    for (key in IBANInfo) {
        if (IBANInfo.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
            var countryInfo  =  IBANInfo[key];
            selectList      +=  "<option value='"+countryInfo.countryCode+"'>"+countryInfo.countryName+"</option>\n";
        }
    }
    $('#selectBox').html(selectList);
}

I thought I could do it like this, but I get the message undefined in my selectbox.

var IBANInfo = $.get('include/countryCodes.txt');

// also tried var IBANInfo = $.getJSON('include/countryCodes.txt');

//---- then this function is used to build the selectList
function createSelect(){
    var selectList   =  '';
    var key;
    selectList      +=  "<option value=''>Kies een land</option>\n";
    for (key in IBANInfo) {
        if (IBANInfo.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
            var countryInfo  =  IBANInfo[key];
            selectList      +=  "<option value='"+countryInfo.countryCode+"'>"+countryInfo.countryName+"</option>\n";
        }
    }
    $('#selectBox').html(selectList);
}

/*
the countryCodes.txt file is like this:
{
    "ccAL":{
            countryCode:"AL",
            countryName:"Albani&euml;",
            IBANlength:"28",
            bankFormCode:"0  8n 0 ",
            accountNum:"0  16   0 "
        },
        "ccAD":{
            countryCode:"AD",
            countryName:"Andorra",
            IBANlength:"24",
            bankFormCode:"0  4n 4n",
            accountNum:"0  12   0 "
        },
        "ccBE":{
            countryCode:"BE",
            countryName:"Belgi&euml;",
            IBANlength:"16",
            bankFormCode:"0  3n 0 ",
            accountNum:"0   7n  2n"
        }
    }
*/

What am I doing wrong. Tnx in advance

Developer IT