baseName Property

MSXML 5.0 SDK

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

baseName Property

Returns the base name for the name qualified with the namespace.

[Script]

Script Syntax

strValue = oXMLDOMNode.baseName;

Example

The following script example assigns the value of a node's baseName property to a string, and then displays it.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var MyStr;
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.load("books.xml");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode != 0) {
   var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError;
   alert("You have error " + myErr.reason);
} else {
   MyStr = xmlDoc.documentElement.childNodes.item(1).baseName;
   alert(MyStr);
}
[Visual Basic]

Visual Basic Syntax

strValue = oXMLDOMNode.baseName

Example

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example assigns the value of a node's baseName property to a string, and then displays it.

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim MyStr As String
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
   MyStr = xmlDoc.documentElement.childNodes.Item(1).baseName
   MsgBox MyStr
End If
[C/C++]

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_baseName(
    BSTR *nameString);

Parameters

nameString [out, retval]
The right-hand side of a namespace qualified name. For example, it returns yyy for the element <xxx:yyy>. It always returns a nonempty string.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK
The value returned if successful.
S_FALSE
The value returned when there is no base name.
E_INVALIDARG
The value returned if the nameString parameter is Null.

Remarks

String. The property is read-only. It returns the right-hand side of a namespace-qualified name. For example, it returns "yyy" for the element <xxx:yyy>. It always returns a nonempty string.

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

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See Also

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