Microsoft DOM Objects Reference

DOM object properties

These are some of the properties we think would be useful in the context of this book. The descriptions below are limited to our needs and, while being detailed they may not fully describe the capabilities of each object. More complete descriptions can be read from the documentation or on the Microsoft website.

The listing below is a list of all the properties for all of the XMLDom objects. Use this chart when you need to find a property in one of the interfaces that could be useful for something that you are trying accomplish. The properties that are bolded in table  are the ones that we will explain. As mentioned before, they have been selected because they are properties and methods we think would be useful in the context of this book.

0.0.1 DOMDocument properties (continued)

Properties

DOMDocument

XMLDOMNode

XMLDOMNodeList

XMLDOMNamedNodeMap

XMLDOMAttribute

XMLDOMCDATASection

XMLDOMComment

XMLDOMDocumentFragment

XMLDOMDocumentType

XMLDOMElement

XMLDOMEntity

XMLDOMEntityReference

XMLDOMImplementation

XMLDOMNotation

XMLDOMParseError

XMLDOMProcessingInstruction

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We will use the People2.xml file example for the rest of this chapter. This file's source is:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- *********** Resumes for People *********** -->
<!DOCTYPE PEOPLE SYSTEM "http://localhost/xmlcode/people.dtd">
<PEOPLE>
<PERSON PERSONID="p1">
<NAME>Mark Wilson</NAME>
<ADDRESS>911 Somewhere Circle, Canberra, Australia</ADDRESS>
<TEL>(++612) 12345</TEL>
<FAX>(++612) 12345</FAX>
<EMAIL>markwilson@somewhere.com</EMAIL>
</PERSON>
<PERSON PERSONID="p2">
<NAME>Tracey Wilson</NAME>
<ADDRESS>121 Zootle Road, Cape Town, South Africa</ADDRESS>
<TEL>(++2721) 531 9090</TEL>
<FAX>(++2721) 531 9090</FAX>
<EMAIL>Tracey Wilson@somewhere.com</EMAIL>
</PERSON>
<PERSON PERSONID="p3">
<NAME>Jodie Foster</NAME>
<ADDRESS>30 Animal Road, New York, USA</ADDRESS>
<TEL>(++1) 3000 12345</TEL>
<FAX>(++1) 3000 12345</FAX>
<EMAIL>Jodie Foster@somewhere.com</EMAIL>
</PERSON>
<PERSON PERSONID="p4">
<NAME>Lorrin Maughan</NAME>
<ADDRESS>1143 Winners Lane, London, &UK;</ADDRESS>
<TEL>(++94) 17 12345</TEL>
<FAX>++94) 17 12345</FAX>
<EMAIL>Lorrin Maughan@somewhere.com</EMAIL>
</PERSON>
<PERSON PERSONID="p5">
<NAME>Steve Rachel</NAME>
<ADDRESS>90210 Beverly Hills, California, &USA;</ADDRESS>
<TEL>(++1) 2000 12345</TEL>
<FAX>(++1) 2000 12345</FAX>
<EMAIL>Steve Rachel@somewhere.com</EMAIL>
</PERSON>
</PEOPLE>

This manuscript is an abridged version of a chapter from the Manning Publications book XML Programming with VB and ASP. This chapter looks at the Microsoft DOM objects. NOTE: Most images have been removed to increase speed and many of the code comments have also been removed for presentation. Please purchase the book to enjoy the full experience of all the chapters with images and code comments!