reason Property

Script Syntax

strValue = oXMLDOMParseError.reason;

Example

The following script example attempts to load an XML document. If it encounters a parse error, it uses the ParseError object's reason property to display the reason the error occurred.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.load("books.xml");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode != 0) {
   alert(xmlDoc.parseError.reason);
} else {
   alert(xmlDoc.documentElement.xml);
}

Visual Basic Syntax

strValue = oXMLDOMParseError.reason

Example

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example attempts to load an XML document. If it encounters a parse error, it uses the ParseError object's reason property to display the reason the error occurred.

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
xmlDoc.async = False
xmlDoc.Load ("books.xml")
If xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0 Then
   MsgBox xmlDoc.parseError.reason
Else
   MsgBox xmlDoc.documentElement.xml
End If

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_reason(
    BSTR *reasonString);

Parameters

reasonString [out, retval]

The reason for the error. This displays a description of the error. A validation error also includes the URL of the schema and the node within the schema that corresponds to the error.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

The value returned if successful.

S_FALSE

The value returned if no error occurred.