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getProperty Method (IXMLDOMSelection)
Returns a property.
[Script]
Script Syntax
strValue = objXMLDOMSelection.getProperty(name);
Parameters
- name
- The string name of the property. This name is case-sensitive.
Example
var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var oSelection;
xmlDoc.setProperty("SelectionLanguage", "XPath");
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.load("books.xml");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode != 0) {
var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError;
alert("You have error " + myErr.reason);
} else {
oSelection = xmlDoc.selectNodes("//book");
alert(oSelection.getProperty("SelectionLanguage"));
}
[Visual Basic]
Visual Basic Syntax
strValue = objXMLDOMSelection.getProperty(name)
Parameters
- name
- The string name of the property. This name is case-sensitive.
Example
Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim oSelection As IXMLDOMSelection
xmlDoc.setProperty "SelectionLanguage", "XPath"
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 oSelection = xmlDoc.selectNodes("//book")
MsgBox oSelection.getProperty("SelectionLanguage")
End If
[C/C++]
C/C++ Syntax
HRESULT getProperty(BSTR name, VARIANT* value);
Parameters
- name [in]
- The string name of the property. This name is case-sensitive.
- value [out, retval]
- The variant return value of the requested property.
C/C++ Return Values
- S_OK
- The value returned if method successful.
- E_INVALIDARG
- The value returned if named property does not exist.
Remarks
The getProperty method returns the value for the internal SelectionLanguage property (flag) that was set by calling the setProperty method on the document or the default value.
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See Also
Applies to: IXMLDOMSelection