firstChild Property

Script Syntax

var objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.firstChild;

Example

The following example sets currNode to the first child node of the top-level node.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var currNode;
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.load("books.xml");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) {
   var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError;
   alert("You have error " + myErr.reason);
} else {
   currNode = xmlDoc.documentElement.firstChild;
   alert(currNode.xml);
}

Visual Basic Syntax

Set objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.firstChild

Example

The following example sets currNode to the first child node of the top-level node.

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim currNode As IXMLDOMNode
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 currNode = xmlDoc.documentElement.firstChild
   MsgBox currNode.xml
End If

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_firstChild(
    IXMLDOMNode **firstChild);

Parameters

firstChild [out, retval]

The first child node. If there are no such children, it returns Null.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

The value returned if successful.

S_FALSE

The value returned when there are no children.

E_INVALIDARG

The value returned if the firstChild parameter is Null.