Script Syntax

var objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.insertBefore(newChild, refChild);

Parameters

newChild

An object. The address of the new node to be inserted.

refChild

A variant. The address of the reference node; the newChild parameter is inserted to the left of the refChild parameter. If Null, the newChild parameter is inserted at the end of the child list.

Return Value

Object. On success, returns the child node that was inserted.

Example

The following script example creates a new IXMLDOMNode object and inserts it before the second child of the top-level node.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var root;
var newNode;
var currNode;
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.load("books.xml");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) {
   var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError;
   alert("You have error " + myErr.reason);
} else {
   root = xmlDoc.documentElement;
   alert(root.xml);
   newNode = xmlDoc.createNode(1, "VIDEOS", "");
   currNode = root.insertBefore(newNode, root.childNodes.item(1));
   alert(root.xml);
}

Visual Basic Syntax

Set objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.insertBefore(newChild, refChild)

Parameters

newChild

An object. The address of the new node to be inserted.

refChild

A variant. The address of the reference node; the newChild parameter is inserted to the left of the refChild parameter. If Null, the newChild parameter is inserted at the end of the child list.

Return Value

An object. On success, returns the child node that was inserted.

Example

The following Visual Basic example creates a new IXMLDOMNode object and inserts it before the second child of the top-level node.

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim root As IXMLDOMElement
Dim newNode As IXMLDOMNode
Dim currNode As IXMLDOMNode
xmlDoc.async = False
xmlDoc.Load ("books.xml")
If (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) Then
   Dim myErr
   Set myErr = xmlDoc.parseError
   MsgBox("You have error " & myErr.reason)
Else
   Set root = xmlDoc.documentElement
   MsgBox root.xml
   Set newNode = xmlDoc.createNode(NODE_ELEMENT, "VIDEOS", "")
   Set currNode = root.insertBefore(newNode, root.childNodes.Item(1))
   MsgBox root.xml
End If

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT insertBefore(
    IXMLDOMNode *newChild,
    VARIANT refChild,
    IXMLDOMNode **outNewChild);

Parameters

newChild [in]

The address of the new node to be inserted. The node passed here must be a valid child of the current XML DOM document node. For example, if the current node is an attribute, you cannot pass another attribute in the newChild parameter, because an attribute cannot have an attribute as a child.

If newChild is of DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT node type, all its children are inserted in order before refChild. If newChild is already in the tree, it is first removed before it is reinserted before the refChild node. Read-only nodes, such as NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE and NODE_ENTITY nodes, cannot be passed in the newChild parameter.

refChild [in]

The address of the reference node. The node specified is where the newChild node is to be inserted to the left as the preceding sibling in the child list. The node passed here must be a either a child node of the current node or Null. If the value is Null, the newChild node is inserted at the end of the child list. If the refChild node is not a child of the current node, an error is returned.

outNewChild [out, retval]

On success, the child node that was inserted. If Null, no object is created.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

The value returned if successful.

E_INVALIDARG

The value returned if the newChild parameter is Null.

E_FAIL

The value returned if an error occurs.