parentNode Property

Script Syntax

var objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.parentNode;

Example

The following script example obtains a reference to the IXMLDOMNode object that is another node object's parent and displays its XML.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var currNode;
var newNode;
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).childNodes.item(0);
   newNode = currNode.parentNode;
   alert(newNode.xml);
}

Visual Basic Syntax

Set objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.parentNode

Example

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example creates an IXMLDOMNode object from another node object's parent and displays its XML.

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim currNode As IXMLDOMNode
Dim newNode 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).childNodes.Item(0)
   Set newNode = currNode.parentNode
   MsgBox newNode.xml
End If

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_parentNode(
    IXMLDOMNode **parent);

Parameters

parent [out, retval]

The parent of the given node instance.

C/C++ Return Values

S_FALSE

The value returned if there is no parent.

S_OK

The value returned if successful.

E_INVALIDARG

The value returned if the parent parameter is Null.