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load Method
Loads an XML document from the specified location.
Script Syntax
boolValue = oXMLDOMDocument.load(xmlSource);
Parameters
- xmlSource
- A string containing a URL that specifies the location of the XML file.
Return Value
Boolean. Returns True if the load succeeded; False if the load failed.
Example
The following script example creates a DOMDocument object and uses the load method to load a local XML file.
var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.load("C:\\temp\\books.xml");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode != 0) {
var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError;
alert("You have error " + myErr.reason);
} else {
alert(xmlDoc.xml);
}
Visual Basic Syntax
boolValue = oXMLDOMDocument.load(xmlSource)
Parameters
- xmlSource
- A string containing a URL that specifies the location of the XML file.
Return Value
Boolean. Returns True if the load succeeded; False if the load failed.
Example
The following Microsoft Visual Basic® example creates a DOMDocument object and uses the load method to load a local XML file.
Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
xmlDoc.async = False
xmlDoc.Load ("C:\temp\books.xml")
If (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) Then
Dim myErr
Set myErr = xmlDoc.parseError
MsgBox("You have error " & myErr.reason)
Else
MsgBox xmlDoc.xml
End If
C/C++ Syntax
HRESULT load(
VARIANT xmlSource,
VARIANT_BOOL *isSuccessful);
Parameters
- xmlSource [in]
- An indicator of the source XML to parse. This may be an URL (String/BSTR), a Request object (in an ASP page), an
IStream, SAFEARRAY of bytes (VT_ARRAY|VT_UI1), aDOMDocumentobject, or any object that supportsIStream,ISequentialStream, orIPersistStream. See Remarks for more information. - isSuccessful [out, retval]
- True if the load succeeded; False if the load failed.
C/C++ Return Values
- S_OK
- The value returned if successful.
- S_FALSE
- The value returned if the load fails.
- E_INVALIDARG
- The value returned if the
isSuccessfulparameter is Null.
Remarks
If the URL cannot be resolved or accessed or does not reference an XML document, this method returns an error and sets the documentElement property of the DOMDocument to Null.
The load method can also take any object that supports IStream and the Microsoft® Internet Information Services (IIS) Request object.
Calling load or loadXML on an existing document immediately discards the content of the document.
If loading an XML document from a resource, the load must be performed asynchronously or the load will fail. For example:
Set objXML = CreateObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0")
ObjXML.async=true
objXML.load "res://msxml.dll/DEFAULTSS.XSL"
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode != 0) {
var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError;
alert("You have error " + myErr.reason);
} else {
WScript.echo objXML.parseError.reason
objXML.save "c:\defaultss.xsl"
}
You can use this method to check if the loaded XML document is well-formed. You cannot use it to validate the XML document against a schema.
This member is an extension of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM).
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See Also
documentElement Property | loadXML Method | Persistence and the DOM
Applies to: DOMDocument