setAttributeNode()

Syntax

set objXMLDOMAttribute = objXMLDOMElement.setAttribute-
Node(objXMLDOMAttribute)

Remark

As we mentioned, this is one of the methods used to add or manipulate an attribute. As with the setAttribute() method, you can only use this method with the XMLDOMElement interface. However, instead of passing a string, you need to pass an XMLDOMAttribute object when adding the attribute to the element. This attribute Node is added to the element after using the createAttribute() method to create the attribute.

Example

By modifying the example for the setAttribute() method, we will show how the setAttributeNode() method differs from the setAttribute() method:

Dim objPerson As IXMLDOMElement

Dim objAttrib As IXMLDOMAttribute

Set objPerson = m_objDOMPeople.createElement("PERSON")

Set objAttrib = m_objDOMPeople.createAttribute("PERSONID")

objAttrib.text = "p7"

objPerson.setAttributeNode objAttrib

m_objDOMPeople.documentElement.appendChild objPerson

¬ Create the PERSON element.

¬ Create the PERSONID element.

¬ Give the attribute Node its value.

¬ Add the attribute to the PERSON element.

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

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