XML DOM

XML DOM Contents

The DOM Property: value

The DOM Property: validateOnParse

The DOM Property: url

The DOM Property: text

The DOM Property: tagName

The DOM Property: resolveExternals

The DOM Property: preserveWhiteSpace

The DOM Property: prefix

The DOM Property: parseError

The DOM Property: parsed

The DOM Property: parentNode

The DOM Property: ownerDocument

The DOM Property: ondataavailable

The DOM Property: nodeValue

The DOM Property: nodeTypeString

The DOM Property: nodeTypedValue

The DOM Property: nodeType

The DOM Property: nodeName

The DOM Property: namespaceURI

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XML DOMDocument

The DOMDocument object represents the root of the XML file. As the file is loaded into the DOMDocument, the XML file and its external references, such as DTDs, get validated by the DOMDocument.

The DOMDocument is the first port of call to the XML file. This is the only object that can be created. All the other objects, like the elements, can only be created or accessed from the DOMDocument object.

Example

This example loads an XML file into a DOMDocument object:

Dim objDOMDocument As DOMDocument
Set objDOMDocument = New DOMDocument
objDOMDocument.async = False
objDOMDocument.Load "http://localhost/xmlcode/people2.dtd"

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