Example

The following script example creates an IXMLDOMAttribute object from the first attribute of the root and displays the object's value and xml properties.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var root;
var objDOMatt;
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;
   objDOMatt = root.firstChild.attributes.item(0);
   alert(objDOMatt.value);
   alert(objDOMatt.xml);
}

Example

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example creates an IXMLDOMAttribute object from the first attribute of the root and displays the object's value and xml properties.

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim root As IXMLDOMElement
Dim objDOMatt As IXMLDOMAttribute
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
   Set objDOMatt = root.firstChild.Attributes.Item(0)
   MsgBox (objDOMatt.Value)
   MsgBox (objDOMatt.xml)
End If

Example

#import "msxml5.dll"
using namespace MSXML2;

#define CHECK_AND_RELEASE(pInterface)  \
if(pInterface) \
{\
pInterface->Release();\
pInterface = NULL;\
}\

#define RELEASE(pInterface)  \
{\
pInterface->Release();\
pInterface = NULL;\
}\

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
_variant_t varValue;
BSTR bstrAttributeName = ::SysAllocString(_T("dateCreated"));
IXMLDOMAttribute *pIXMLDOMAttribute = NULL;
IXMLDOMElement *pIXMLDOMElement = NULL;
IXMLDOMDocument *pIXMLDOMDocument = NULL;
HRESULT hr;

try
{
   // Initialize pIXMLDOMDocument and load an
   // XML file into it.
   // Get the document root.
   hr = pIXMLDOMDocument->get_documentElement( &pIXMLDOMElement);
   SUCCEEDED(hr) ? 0 : throw hr;
   if(pIXMLDOMElement)
   {
      varValue = _T("Year 2000");

      // Set the "dateCreated" attribute to "year 2000"
      hr = pIXMLDOMElement->setAttribute(bstrAttributeName, varValue);
      SUCCEEDED(hr) ? 0 : throw hr;

      // Retrieve the changed attribute.
      hr = pIXMLDOMElement->getAttributeNode(bstrAttributeName,
                                             &pIXMLDOMAttribute);
      SUCCEEDED(hr) ? 0 : throw hr;

      pIXMLDOMAttribute->get_nodeValue(&varValue);
     if(varValue.vt != VT_NULL)
      {
         // Display the retrieved attribute in a message box.
         ::MessageBox(NULL, _bstr_t(varValue), bstrAttributeName, MB_OK);
      }
      RELEASE(pIXMLDOMElement);
     RELEASE(pIXMLDOMAttribute);
   }
   ::SysFreeString(bstrAttributeName);
   bstrAttributeName=NULL;
}
catch(...)
{
   if(bstrAttributeName)
   {
      ::SysFreeString(bstrAttributeName);
      bstrAttributeName = NULL;
   }
   CHECK_AND_RELEASE(pIXMLDOMElement);
//   DisplayErrorToUser();
}
// Release pIXMLDOMDocument when finished with it.
   return 0;
}

Output (in a message box)

Year 2000

IXMLDOMAttribute inherits IXMLDOMNode but are not actually child nodes of the element and are not considered part of the document tree. Attributes are considered members of their associated elements rather than independent and separate. Thus IXMLDOMAttribute parentNode, previousSibling, and nextSibling members have the value Null.

Header and IDL files: msxml2.h, msxml2.idl

Inherits From: IXMLDOMNode