parentNode Property

MSXML 5.0 SDK

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

parentNode Property

Contains the parent node.

[Script]

Script Syntax

var objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.parentNode;

Example

The following script example obtains a reference to the IXMLDOMNode object that is another node object's parent and displays its XML.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var currNode;
var newNode;
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(1).childNodes.item(0);
   newNode = currNode.parentNode;
   alert(newNode.xml);
}
[Visual Basic]

Visual Basic Syntax

Set objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.parentNode

Example

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example creates an IXMLDOMNode object from another node object's parent and displays its XML.

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim currNode As IXMLDOMNode
Dim newNode 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(1).childNodes.Item(0)
   Set newNode = currNode.parentNode
   MsgBox newNode.xml
End If
[C/C++]

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_parentNode(
    IXMLDOMNode **parent);

Parameters

parent [out, retval]
The parent of the given node instance.

C/C++ Return Values

S_FALSE
The value returned if there is no parent.
S_OK
The value returned if successful.
E_INVALIDARG
The value returned if the parent parameter is Null.

Remarks

The property is read-only. All nodes except Document, DocumentFragment, and Attribute nodes can have a parent. However, if a node has just been created and not yet added to the tree, or if it has been removed from the tree, the parent is Null.

This value depends on the value of the nodeType property.

NODE_ATTRIBUTE

NODE_DOCUMENT

NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT

Returns Null; these nodes do not have parents.
NODE_CDATA_SECTION Returns the element or entity reference containing the CDATA section.
NODE_COMMENT Returns the element, entity reference, document type, or document containing the comment.
NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE Returns the document node.
NODE_ELEMENT Returns the parent node of the element. If the element is the root node in the tree, the parent is the document node. If the node is the document node, parentNode is Null.
NODE_ENTITY Returns the document type node.
NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE Returns the element, attribute, or entity reference containing the entity reference.
NODE_NOTATION Returns the document type node.
NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION Returns the document, element, document type, or entity reference containing the processing instruction.
NODE_TEXT Returns the parent element, attribute, or entity reference.

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See Also

nodeType Property

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