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

nextSibling Property

Contains the next sibling of the node in the parent's child list.

[Script]

Script Syntax

var objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.nextSibling;

Example

The following script example creates an IXMLDOMNode object and sets it to the next sibling of the current node.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject5.0("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var currNode;
var nextNode;
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);
   nextNode = currNode.nextSibling;
   alert(nextNode.xml);
}
[Visual Basic]

Visual Basic Syntax

Set objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.nextSibling

Example

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example creates an IXMLDOMNode object and sets it to the next sibling of the current node.

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim currNode As IXMLDOMNode
Dim nextNode 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)
   Set nextNode = currNode.nextSibling
   MsgBox nextNode.xml
End If
[C/C++]

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_nextSibling(
    IXMLDOMNode **nextSibling);

Parameters

nextSibling [out, retval]
Right sibling of this node.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK
Value returned if successful.
S_FALSE
Value returned when there is no next sibling.
E_INVALIDARG
Value returned if the nextSibling parameter is Null.

Remarks

The property is read-only. It returns the right sibling of this node.

This value depends on the value of the nodeType property.

NODE_ATTRIBUTE

NODE_DOCUMENT

NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT

Always returns Null; these node types do not appear as children of any other nodes.
NODE_CDATA_SECTION

NODE_COMMENT

NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE

NODE_ELEMENT

NODE_ENTITY

NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE

NODE_NOTATION

NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION

NODE_TEXT

Returns the node immediately following this node in the list of children of this node's parent. If no such node exists, returns Null.

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See Also

nodeType Property

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