nodeType Property

Script Syntax

lValue = oXMLDOMNode.nodeType;

Example

The following script example creates an IXMLDOMNode object and displays its type enumeration, in this case, 1 for NODE_ELEMENT.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject5.0("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.childNodes.item(0);
   alert(currNode.nodeType);
}

Visual Basic Syntax

lValue = oXMLDOMNode.nodeType

Example

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example creates an IXMLDOMNode object and displays its type enumeration, in this case, 1 for NODE_ELEMENT.

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.childNodes.Item(0)
   MsgBox currNode.nodeType
End If

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_nodeType(
    DOMNodeType *type);

Parameters

type [out, retval]

Type of the node.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

Value returned if successful.

E_INVALIDARG

Value returned if the type parameter is Null.