<div id="gridbox" width="100%" height="250px" style="background-color:white;overflow:hidden"></div>
<textarea id="str_xml" style="display:none;"><rows>
<row id="1">
<cell>1</cell>
<cell>loaded from xml island</cell>
</row>
...
</rows></textarea>
<xml id="isl_xml" style="display:none;"><rows>
<row id="1">
<cell>1</cell>
<cell>loaded from xml string</cell>
</row>
...
</rows></xml>
<script>
mygrid = new dhtmlXGridObject('gridbox');
...
mygrid.load("xml.php","xml");
mygrid.parse(document.getElementById('str_xml').value)
mygrid.parse(document.getElementById('isl_xml'))
</script>