Microsoft DOM Objects Reference

removeAttributeNode()

Syntax

set objXMLDOMAttribute = objXMLDOMElement.removeAttribute-
Node(objXMLDOMAttribute)

Remark

You can remove an attribute from a Node if you have an associated XMLDOMAttribute Node type for the element Node. If the attribute was successfully removed, it will return the removed attribute Node. If not, it will return NULL.

Example

Using the example from the removeAttribute() method, we will show how to do the same function using the removeAttributeNode() method. Here we need to first get a reference to the attribute before we can remove it. The difference with this method is that we can test if the removal of the attribute was successful.

Dim objDOMDocument As DOMDocument

Dim objXMLDOMElement As IXMLDOMElement

Dim objAttrib As IXMLDOMAttribute

Set objDOMDocument = New DOMDocument

objDOMDocument.async = False

objDOMDocument.Load "http://localhost/xmlcode/people2.dtd"

Set objXMLDOMElement = objDOMDocument.documentElement.firstChild

Set objAttrib = objXMLDOMElement.removeAttributeNode (objXMLDOMElement.getAttributeNode("PERSONID"))

If objAttrib Is Nothing Then

' this removal was unsuccessful, show warning

End If

¬ We have chosen to use the getAttributeNode() method to get a reference to the attribute that we want to remove. The returned attribute (objAttribute) from the method is the removed attribute.

¬ If the attribute removal was successful, then show a warning.

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