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

ownerDocument Property

Returns the root of the document that contains the node.

[Script]

Script Syntax

var objXMLDOMDocument = oXMLDOMNode.ownerDocument;

Example

The following script example uses the ownerDocument property to return the parent DOMDocument object, and then displays that object's root element tag name.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject5.0("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var currNode;
var owner;
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.childNodes.item(0).childNodes.item(1);
   owner = currNode.ownerDocument;
   alert(owner.documentElement.tagName);
}
[Visual Basic]

Visual Basic Syntax

Set objXMLDOMDocument = oXMLDOMNode.ownerDocument

Example

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example uses the ownerDocument property to return the parent DOMDocument object, and then displays that object's root element tag name.

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim currNode As IXMLDOMNode
Dim owner As DOMDocument50
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.childNodes.Item(0).childNodes.Item(1)
   Set owner = currNode.ownerDocument
   MsgBox owner.documentElement.tagName
End If
[C/C++]

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_ownerDocument(
    IXMLDOMDocument **DOMDocument);

Parameters

DOMDocument [out, retval]
Address of the parent document object that represents the root of the document.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK
Value returned if successful.
E_INVALIDARG
Value returned if the DOMDocument parameter is Null.

Remarks

The property is read-only. It returns the parent document that represents the root of the document to which this node belongs.

All nodes are created in the context of a document, and the ownerDocument property is maintained until the node is added to another document. For a node removed from a document, this property indicates the document in which the node was last included.

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See Also

Applies to: IXMLDOMAttribute | IXMLDOMCDATASection | IXMLDOMCharacterData | IXMLDOMComment | DOMDocument | IXMLDOMDocumentFragment | IXMLDOMDocumentType | IXMLDOMElement | IXMLDOMEntity | IXMLDOMEntityReference | IXMLDOMNode | IXMLDOMNotation | IXMLDOMProcessingInstruction | IXMLDOMText