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

previousSibling Property

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

[Script]

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]

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++]

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.

Remarks

The property is read-only.

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 preceding this node in its parent's child list. Returns Null if no such node exists.

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See Also

nodeType Property

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