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

linepos Property

Contains the character position within the line where the error occurred.

[Script]

Script Syntax

lValue = oXMLDOMParseError.linepos;

Example

The following script example attempts to load an XML document. If it encounters a parse error, it displays the line and position within that line where the error occurred.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.load("books.xml");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode != 0) {
  alert("A parse error occurred on line " + xmlDoc.parseError.line 
  + " at position " + xmlDoc.parseError.linepos);
} else {
  alert(xmlDoc.documentElement.xml);
}
[Visual Basic]

Visual Basic Syntax

lValue = oXMLDOMParseError.linepos

Example

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example attempts to load an XML document. If it encounters a parse error, it displays the line and position within that line where the error occurred.

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
xmlDoc.async = False
xmlDoc.Load ("books.xml")
If xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0 Then
  MsgBox ("A parse error occurred on line " & xmlDoc.parseError.Line _
  & " at position " & xmlDoc.parseError.linepos)
Else
  MsgBox xmlDoc.documentElement.xml
End If
[C/C++]

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_linepos(
    long *linePosition);

Parameters

linePosition [out, retval]
The character position within the line where the error occurred.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK
The value returned if successful.
S_FALSE
The value returned if no error occurred.

Remarks

Long integer. The property is read-only.

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See Also

Applies to: IXMLDOMParseError