XML DOMParseError

If the DOMDocument finds any errors when it parses the XML file or string, the XMLDOMParseError object returns the last parse error details. The details that are passed are the line number where the error occurred, the character position on the line, the reason, etc.

The XMLDOMParseError object is the only object that the DOMDocument inherits. Therefore, you never really need to access it, because it's part of the DOMDocument properties.

Example

The following example checks whether there have been any errors after an XML file has been loaded into a DOMDocument:

Dim objDOMDocument As DOMDocument

Dim objXMLDOMElement As IXMLDOMElement

Set objDOMDocument = New DOMDocument

objDOMDocument.async = False

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

If objDOMDocument.parseError.reason <> "" Then

' there has been an error with the loaded XML - show the reason

MsgBox objDOMDocument.parseError.reason

End If

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