Script Syntax

var objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.parentNode;

Example

The following script example sets a variable ('newNode') to reference the parent node of another IXMLDOMNode object ('currNode'). It then uses the reference to displays all XML contents of the parent node.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var currNode;
var newNode;
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(1).childNodes.item(0);
   newNode = currNode.parentNode;
   alert(newNode.xml);
}

Visual Basic Syntax

Set objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.parentNode

Example

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example sets a variable ('newNode') to reference the parent node of another IXMLDOMNode object ('currNode'). It then uses the reference to displays all XML contents of the parent node.

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim currNode As IXMLDOMNode
Dim newNode As IXMLDOMNode
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(1).childNodes.Item(0)
   Set newNode = currNode.parentNode
   MsgBox newNode.xml
End If

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_parentNode(
    IXMLDOMNode **parent);

Parameters

parent [out, retval]

The parent of the given node instance.

C/C++ Return Values

S_FALSE

The value returned if there is no parent.

S_OK

The value returned if successful.

E_INVALIDARG

The value returned if the parent parameter is Null.