removeAttributeNode Method

Script Syntax

var objXMLDOMAttribute = oXMLDOMElement.removeAttributeNode(DOMAttribute);

Parameters

DOMAttribute

An object that supplies the IXMLDOMAttribute object to be removed from this element.

Return Value

An object. Returns the removed element.

Example

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var nodeBook, nodeId;
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 {
   nodeBook = xmlDoc.selectSingleNode("//book");
   nodeId = nodeBook.getAttributeNode("id");
   alert(nodeBook.attributes.length);
   nodeBook.removeAttributeNode(nodeId);
   alert(nodeBook.attributes.length);
}

Visual Basic Syntax

Set objXMLDOMAttribute = oXMLDOMElement.removeAttributeNode(DOMAttribute)

Parameters

DOMAttribute

An object that supplies the IXMLDOMAttribute object to be removed from this element.

Return Value

An object. Returns the removed element.

Example

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim nodeBook As IXMLDOMElement
Dim nodeId As IXMLDOMAttribute
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 nodeBook = xmlDoc.selectSingleNode("//book")
   Set nodeId = nodeBook.getAttributeNode("id")
   MsgBox nodeBook.Attributes.length
   nodeBook.removeAttributeNode nodeId
   MsgBox nodeBook.Attributes.length
End If

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT removeAttributeNode(
    IXMLDOMAttribute *DOMAttribute,
    IXMLDOMAttribute **attributeNode);

Parameters

DOMAttribute [in]

The DOMAttribute object that is to be removed from this element.

attributeNode [out, retval]

The removed element.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

The value returned if successful.

E_FAIL

The value returned if an error occurs.

C/C++ Example

IXMLDOMElement *pIXMLDOMElement = NULL;
_bstr_t bstrAttributeName = _T("dateCreated");
IXMLDOMAttribute *pIXMLDOMAttribute = NULL;
IXMLDOMAttribute *pRemovedIXMLDOMAttribute = 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->getAttributeNode(bstrAttributeName, &pIXMLDOMAttribute);
if(SUCCEEDED(hr) && pIXMLDOMAttribute)
{
hr = pIXMLDOMElement->removeAttributeNode(pIXMLDOMAttribute, &pRemovedIXMLDOMAttribute);
if(SUCCEEDED(hr))
// Attribute node removed.
bResult = TRUE;
pIXMLDOMAttribute->Release();
}
pIXMLDOMElement->Release();
}
// Release pIXMLDOMDocument when finished with it.
}
catch(...)
{
// Release pIXMLDOMDocument if it exists.
if(pIXMLDOMAttribute)
pIXMLDOMAttribute->Release();
if(pIXMLDOMElement)
pIXMLDOMElement->Release();
DisplayErrorToUser();
}