data Property (IXMLDOMCharacterData)

Script Syntax

strValue = oXMLDOMCharacterData.data;
objXMLDOMCharacterData.data = strValue;

Example

The following script example walks the document tree and checks for comment node types. If one is found, it displays its contents with the data property.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var comment;
var root;
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.loadXML("<root><!-- Hello --></root>");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) {
   var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError;
   alert("You have error " + myErr.reason);
} else {
   root = xmlDoc.documentElement;
   for (var i=0; i<root.childNodes.length; i++) {
      if (root.childNodes.item(i).nodeType == 8) {
         comment = root.childNodes.item(i);
         alert(comment.data);
      }
   }
}

Visual Basic Syntax

strValue = oXMLDOMCharacterData.data
objXMLDOMCharacterData.data = strValue

Example

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example walks the document tree and checks for comment node types. If one is found, it displays its contents with the data property.

Dim xmlDoc As New DOMDocument50
Dim comment As IXMLDOMComment
Dim root As IXMLDOMElement
xmlDoc.async = False
xmlDoc.loadXML ("<root><!-- Hello --></root>")
If (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) Then
   Dim myErr
   Set myErr = xmlDoc.parseError
   MsgBox("You have error " & myErr.reason)
Else
   Set root = xmlDoc.documentElement
   For i = 0 To (root.childNodes.length - 1)
      If root.childNodes.Item(i).nodeType = NODE_COMMENT Then
         Set comment = root.childNodes.Item(i)
         MsgBox comment.Data
      End If
   Next
End If

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_data(
    BSTR *strData);
HRESULT put_data(
    BSTR strData);

Parameters

strData [out, retval][in]

The same value as the nodeValue for this node.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

The value returned if successful.

S_FALSE (for get_data only)

The value returned if there is no character data node.

E_INVALIDARG (for get_data only)

The value returned if the data parameter is Null.

E_FAIL (for put_data only)

The value returned if an error occurs.