Script Syntax

var objXMLDOMDocument = oXMLDOMNode.ownerDocument;

Example

The following script example uses the ownerDocument property to return the parent DOMDocument object, and then displays that object's root element tag name.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject5.0("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var currNode;
var owner;
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(0).childNodes.item(1);
   owner = currNode.ownerDocument;
   alert(owner.documentElement.tagName);
}

Visual Basic Syntax

Set objXMLDOMDocument = oXMLDOMNode.ownerDocument

Example

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example uses the ownerDocument property to return the parent DOMDocument object, and then displays that object's root element tag name.

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim currNode As IXMLDOMNode
Dim owner As DOMDocument50
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(0).childNodes.Item(1)
   Set owner = currNode.ownerDocument
   MsgBox owner.documentElement.tagName
End If

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_ownerDocument(
    IXMLDOMDocument **DOMDocument);

Parameters

DOMDocument [out, retval]

Address of the parent document object that represents the root of the document.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

Value returned if successful.

E_INVALIDARG

Value returned if the DOMDocument parameter is Null.