Microsoft DOM Objects Reference

setNamedItem()

Syntax

set objXMLDOMNode = objXMLDOMNamedNodeMap.setNamedItem(objXMLDOMNode)

Remark

This is true for all the methods used to add/manipulate an attribute: if you add an attribute with the same name as an existing attribute, it will replace the existing attribute.

Surprise, this is yet another method to add/manipulate an attribute to the DOMDocument. This time it is done using the XMLDOMNamedNodeMap interface.

You don't need to create an XMLDOMNamedNodeMap object to use this method, because the attributes property of a Node is a XMLDOMNamedNodeMap object.

Example

In the following example, we show how to add an attribute using this method.

Set objPerson = m_objDOMPeople.createElement("PERSON")

Set objAttrib = m_objDOMPeople.createAttribute("PERSONID")

objAttrib.text = "p7"

objPerson.attributes.setNamedItem objAttrib

m_objDOMPeople.documentElement.appendChild objPerson

¬ Create an attribute Node.

¬ Add the attribute's key details.

¬ The attributes property returns a NodeList object; therefore you can use the setNamedItem() method.

¬ Add this new "PERSON" element to the DOMDocument.

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