nodeTypeString Property

MSXML 5.0 SDK

Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 5.0 for Microsoft Office - DOM Reference

nodeTypeString Property

Returns the node type in string form.

[Script]

Script Syntax

strValue = oXMLDOMNode.nodeTypeString;

Example

The following script example creates an IXMLDOMNode object and displays its node type in string form, in this case, "element".

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject5.0("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
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 {
   currNode = xmlDoc.documentElement.childNodes.item(0);
   alert(currNode.nodeTypeString);
}
[Visual Basic]

Visual Basic Syntax

strValue = oXMLDOMNode.nodeTypeString

Example

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example creates an IXMLDOMNode object and displays its node type in string form, in this case, "element".

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
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 currNode = xmlDoc.documentElement.childNodes.Item(0)
   MsgBox currNode.nodeTypeString
End If
[C/C++]

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_nodeTypeString(
    BSTR *nodeType);

Parameters

nodeType [out, retval]
String version of the node type.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK
Value returned if successful.
E_INVALIDARG
Value returned if the nodeType parameter is Null.

Remarks

String. The property is read-only. It contains the string version of the node type. To return the enumeration value, use the nodeType property.

This value depends on the value of the nodeType property.

NODE_ATTRIBUTE attribute
NODE_CDATA_SECTION cdatasection
NODE_COMMENT comment
NODE_DOCUMENT document
NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT documentfragment
NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE documenttype
NODE_ELEMENT element
NODE_ENTITY entity
NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE entityreference
NODE_NOTATION notation
NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION processinginstruction
NODE_TEXT text

This member is an extension of the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM).

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See Also

nodeType Property

Applies to: IXMLDOMAttribute | IXMLDOMCDATASection | IXMLDOMCharacterData | IXMLDOMComment | DOMDocument | IXMLDOMDocumentFragment | IXMLDOMDocumentType | IXMLDOMElement | IXMLDOMEntity | IXMLDOMEntityReference | IXMLDOMNode | IXMLDOMNotation | IXMLDOMProcessingInstruction | IXMLDOMText