Script Syntax

strValue = oXMLDOMParseError.srcText;

Example

The following script example attempts to load an XML document. If it encounters a parse error, it displays the text of the line containing the error.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.load("books.xml");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode != 0) {
  alert(xmlDoc.parseError.srcText);
} else {
  alert(xmlDoc.documentElement.xml);
}

Visual Basic Syntax

strValue = oXMLDOMParseError.srcText

Example

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example attempts to load an XML document. If it encounters a parse error, it displays the text of the line containing the error.

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
xmlDoc.async = False
xmlDoc.Load ("books.xml")
If xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0 Then
  MsgBox xmlDoc.parseError.srcText
Else
  MsgBox xmlDoc.documentElement.xml
End If

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_srcText(
    BSTR *sourceString);

Parameters

sourceString [out, retval]

The full text of the line containing the error. This returns an empty string if the error is caused by XML that is not well-formed and cannot be assigned to a specific line.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

The value returned if successful.

S_FALSE

The value returned if no error occurred.