peekNode Method

Script Syntax

var objXMLDOMNode = objXMLDOMSelection.peekNode();

Example

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var oSelection, nodeBook;
xmlDoc.setProperty("SelectionLanguage", "XPath");
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.load("books.xml");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) {
   var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError;
   alert("You have error " + myErr.reason);
} else {
   oSelection = xmlDoc.selectNodes("//book");
   nodeBook = oSelection.peekNode();
   alert(nodeBook.xml);
}

Visual Basic Syntax

Set objXMLDOMNode = objXMLDOMSelection.peekNode

Example

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim oSelection As IXMLDOMSelection
Dim nodeBook As IXMLDOMElement
xmlDoc.setProperty "SelectionLanguage", "XPath"
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 oSelection = xmlDoc.selectNodes("//book")
   Set nodeBook = oSelection.peekNode()
   MsgBox nodeBook.xml
End If

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT peekNode (IXMLDOMNode** ppNode);

Parameters

ppNode [out, retval]

The returned node, or Null if there are no more nodes or if E_PENDING is returned.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

The value returned if the method is successful.

E_PENDING

The value returned if the context document is still being built and the selection object has hit the end of the available nodes to match.