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IXMLElement::get_parent

HRESULT IXMLElement::get_parent(
    IXMLElement ** pParent)

Every element in the tree, except the root of a document, has a parent. This parent element is AddRef'ed before being returned, and it is up to the caller to call IUnknown::Release on the returned parent element.

• Returns S_OK if successful. Error return values include E_OUTOFMEMORY and E_INVALIDARG.

  Can also return S_FALSE if no parent exists (for the root or for a newly created element). pParent is set to zero to prevent errors when scripting agents (such as JScript or VBScript) call this method on behalf of a script.

pParent

Indirect pointer in which to return an address of the parent element. The parent element is always nonnull except for the root.

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