previousSibling Property

Script Syntax

var objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.previousSibling;

Example

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

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var currNode;
var prevNode;
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(1);
   prevNode = currNode.previousSibling;
   alert(prevNode.xml);
}

Visual Basic Syntax

Set objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.previousSibling

Example

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

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim currNode As IXMLDOMNode
Dim prevNode 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(1)
   Set prevNode = currNode.previousSibling
   MsgBox prevNode.xml
End If

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_previousSibling(
    IXMLDOMNode **previousSibling);

Parameters

previousSibling [out, retval]

The left sibling of this node.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

The value returned if successful.

S_FALSE

The value returned when there is no previous sibling.

E_INVALIDARG

The value returned if the previousSibling parameter is Null.