deleteData Method

Script Syntax

oXMLDOMCharacterData.deleteData(offset, count);

Parameters

offset

A long integer value specifying the offset, in characters, at which to start deleting string data.

count

A long integer value specifying the number of characters to delete.

Example

The following script example creates an IXMLDOMComment object and uses the deleteData method to delete the last six characters.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var comment;
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.load("books.xml");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) {
   var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError;
   alert("You have error " + myErr.reason);
} else {
   comment = xmlDoc.createComment("Hello World!");
   comment.deleteData(6, 6);
   alert(comment.xml);
}

Visual Basic Syntax

oXMLDOMCharacterData.deleteData(offset, count)

Parameters

offset

A long integer value specifying the offset, in characters, at which to start deleting string data.

count

A long integer value specifying the number of characters to delete.

Example

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example creates an IXMLDOMComment object and uses the deleteData method to delete the last six characters.

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim comment As IXMLDOMComment
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 comment = xmlDoc.createComment("Hello World!")
   comment.deleteData 6, 6
   MsgBox (comment.xml)
End If

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT deleteData(
    long offset,
    long count);

Parameters

offset [in]

The offset, in characters, at which to start deleting string data.

count [in]

The number of characters to delete.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

The value returned if successful.

S_FALSE

The value when returning Null.

E_FAIL

The value returned if an error occurs.