normalize Method

Script Syntax

oXMLDOMElement.normalize();

Example

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var nodeRoot;
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.loadXML("<root/>");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) {
   var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError;
   alert("You have error " + myErr.reason);
} else {
   nodeRoot = xmlDoc.documentElement;
   nodeRoot.appendChild(xmlDoc.createTextNode("Hello "));
   nodeRoot.appendChild(xmlDoc.createTextNode("World"));
   nodeRoot.appendChild(xmlDoc.createTextNode("!"));
   alert(nodeRoot.childNodes.length);
   nodeRoot.normalize();
   alert(nodeRoot.childNodes.length);
}

Visual Basic Syntax

oXMLDOMElement.normalize

Example

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim nodeRoot As IXMLDOMElement
xmlDoc.async = False
xmlDoc.loadXML "<root/>"
If (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) Then
   Dim myErr
   Set myErr = xmlDoc.parseError
   MsgBox("You have error " & myErr.reason)
Else
   Set nodeRoot = xmlDoc.documentElement
   nodeRoot.appendChild xmlDoc.createTextNode("Hello ")
   nodeRoot.appendChild xmlDoc.createTextNode("World")
   nodeRoot.appendChild xmlDoc.createTextNode("!")
   MsgBox nodeRoot.childNodes.length
   nodeRoot.normalize
   MsgBox nodeRoot.childNodes.length
End If

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT normalize(void);

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

The value returned if successful.

E_FAIL

The value returned if an error occurs.

C/C++ Example

BOOL DOMElementNormalize()
{
   BOOL bResult = FALSE;
   IXMLDOMElement *pIXMLDOMElement = NULL;
   IXMLDOMDocument *pIXMLDOMDocument = NULL;
   HRESULT hr;
   
   try
   {
      // Create an instance of DOMDocument and initialize
      // pIXMLDOMDocument.
      // Load/create an XML fragment.
      hr = pIXMLDOMDocument->get_documentElement(&pIXMLDOMElement);
      SUCCEEDED(hr) ? 0 : throw hr;

      if(pIXMLDOMElement )
      {
         hr = pIXMLDOMElement->normalize();
         if(SUCCEEDED(m_hr))
            bResult = TRUE;
         pIXMLDOMElement->Release();
      }
   }
   catch(...)
   {
      if(pIXMLDOMElement)
         pIXMLDOMElement->Release();
      DisplayErrorToUser();
   }
   return bResult;
}