Microsoft DOM Objects Reference

setAttribute()

Syntax

objXMLDOMElement.setAttribute strAttributeName, vntValue

Remark

There are so many ways to add an attribute to a DOMDocument. Here are a few:

¬ setAttribute

¬ setAttributeNode

¬ setNamedItem

¬ appendChild

We find this method, setAttribute(), the easiest way to add an attribute. However, you need to have a reference to the element interface before you can add the attribute. You can directly give the attribute its most important values, the name of the attribute (strAttributeName) and its value (vntValue), in one call through this method.

Example

In the following example, we add another PERSON element to our document- Element in a DOMDocument, which needs to have an attribute.

Dim objPerson As IXMLDOMElement

Set objPerson = m_objDOMPeople.createElement("PERSON")

objPerson.setAttribute "PERSONID", "p7"

m_objDOMPeople.documentElement.appendChild objPerson

¬ Create the PERSON element.

¬ Add the attribute to this element.

¬ Add this new element with its attribute to the DOMDocument.

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