Script Syntax

boolValue = oXMLDOMDocument.loadXML(bstrXML);

Parameters

bstrXML

A string containing the XML string to load into this XML document object. This string can contain an entire XML document or a well-formed fragment.

Return Value

Boolean. Returns True if the XML load succeeded. Returns False and sets the documentElement property of the DOMDocument to Null if the XML load failed.

Example

The following script example creates a DOMDocument object, and then uses its loadXML method to load the specified XML before displaying it.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.loadXML("<customer><first_name>Joe</first_name><last_name>Smith</last_name></customer>");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode != 0) {
   var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError;
   alert("You have error " + myErr.reason);
} else {
   alert(xmlDoc.xml);
}

Visual Basic Syntax

boolValue = oXMLDOMDocument.loadXML(bstrXML)

Parameters

bstrXML

A string containing the XML string to load into this XML document object. This string can contain an entire XML document or a well-formed fragment.

Return Value

Boolean. Returns True if the XML load succeeded. Returns False and sets the documentElement property of the DOMDocument to Null if the XML load failed.

Example

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example creates a DOMDocument object, and then uses its loadXML method to load the specified XML before displaying it.

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
xmlDoc.async = False
xmlDoc.loadXML ("<customer>" & _
                "<first_name>Joe</first_name>" & _
                "<last_name>Smith</last_name></customer>")
If (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) Then
   Dim myErr
   Set myErr = xmlDoc.parseError
   MsgBox("You have error " & myErr.reason)
Else
   MsgBox xmlDoc.xml
End If

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT loadXML(
    BSTR bstrXML,
    VARIANT_BOOL * isSuccessful);

Parameters

bstrXML [in]

An XML string to load into this XML document object. This string can contain an entire XML document or a well-formed fragment.

isSuccessful [out, retval]

True if the XML load succeeded. If the XML load failed, this method returns False and sets the documentElement property of the DOMDocument object to Null.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

The value returned if successful.

S_FALSE

The value returned if the load fails.

E_INVALIDARG

The value returned if the isSuccessful parameter is Null.