Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 5.0 for Microsoft Office - DOM Reference

data Property (IXMLDOMCharacterData)

Stores the node data depending on the node type.

[Script]

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]

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++]

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.

Remarks

String. The property is read/write. It contains the same value as the nodeValue for this node. The meaning of the value depends on the nodeType property of the IXMLDOMNode, as follows.

NODE_CDATA_SECTION A string representing the text stored in the CDATA section.
NODE_COMMENT The content of the comment, exclusive of the comment start and end sequence.
NODE_TEXT A string representing the text stored in the text node.

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See Also

IXMLDOMNode | nodeType Property | nodeValue Property

Applies to: IXMLDOMCDATASection | IXMLDOMCharacterData | IXMLDOMComment | IXMLDOMText