Google Chrome TypeError

Got the same error before but found a worarond for it, here goes how i did it:

var error = "";
var file = root+"/inc/xml/linguas_"+lg+".xml";
try //Internet Explorer
{
xmlDoc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
xmlDoc.async=false;
xmlDoc.load(file);
}
catch(e)
{
try //Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, etc.
{
xmlDoc=document.implementation.createDocument("","",null);
xmlDoc.async=false;
xmlDoc.load(file);
}
catch(e)
{
try //Google Chrome
{
var xmlhttp = new window.XMLHttpRequest();
xmlhttp.open("GET",file,false);
xmlhttp.send(null);
xmlDoc = xmlhttp.responseXML.documentElement;
}
catch(e)
{
error=e.message;
}
}
}

Hope it helps you