WinJS loading local json file

Question

I am banging my head on this one.

I cannot find a way to open a simple json file from a subfolder in my WinJS App.

I have tried Ajax and WinJS.xhr, both to n

Answer 1

If the data is part of your project, and you have marked the project type as Content, then

WinJS.xhr({ url: "data/mydata.txt" }).then(...)

works for me. Assumes in this example that mydata.txt is in a folder inside your project named data