removeAttribute Method

Script Syntax

oXMLDOMElement.removeAttribute(name);

Parameters

name

A string specifying the name of the attribute to be removed or replaced.

Example

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

Visual Basic Syntax

oXMLDOMElement.removeAttribute(name)

Parameters

name

A string specifying the name of the attribute to be removed or replaced.

Example

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
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 nodeBook = xmlDoc.selectSingleNode("//book")
   MsgBox nodeBook.Attributes.length
   nodeBook.removeAttribute "id"
   MsgBox nodeBook.Attributes.length
End If

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT removeAttribute(
    BSTR name);

Parameters

name [in]

The name of the attribute to be removed or replaced.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

The value returned if successful.

S_FALSE

The value returned when no attribute with the given name is found.

E_FAIL

The value returned if an error occurs.

C/C++ Example

IXMLDOMElement *pIXMLDOMElement = NULL;
_bstr_t bstrAttributeName = _T("dateCreated");
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;

   hr = pIXMLDOMElement->removeAttribute(bstrAttributeName);
   if(SUCCEEDED(hr))
   {
   // Attribute removed.
   }
   pIXMLDOMElement->Release();
   pIXMLDOMElement = NULL;
   // Release pIXMLDOMDocument when finished with it.
}
catch(...)
{
   // Release pIXMLDOMDocument if it exists.
   if(pIXMLDOMElement)
      pIXMLDOMElement->Release();
   DisplayErrorToUser();
}