documentElement Property
Contains the root element of the document.
Script Syntax
var objXMLDOMElement = oXMLDOMDocument.documentElement;
objXMLDOMDocument.documentElement = objXMLDOMElement;
Example
The following script example creates an IXMLDOMElement
object and sets it to the root element of the document with the documentElement
property. It then walks the document tree.
var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.3.0");
var root;
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.load("books.xml");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode != 0) {
var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError;
WScript.Echo("You have error " + myErr.reason);
} else {
root = xmlDoc.documentElement;
for (var i=0; i<root.childNodes.length; i++) {
WScript.Echo(root.childNodes.item(i).childNodes.item(0).text);
}
}
Visual Basic Syntax
Set objXMLDOMElement = oXMLDOMDocument.documentElement
Set objXMLDOMDocument.documentElement = objXMLDOMElement
C/C++ Syntax
HRESULT get_documentElement(
IXMLDOMElement** DOMElement);
HRESULT putref_documentElement(
IXMLDOMElement* DOMElement);
Parameters
DOMElement
[out, retval][in]
The IXMLDOMElement
object that represents the single element representing the root of the XML document tree. Returns Null if no root exists.
C/C++ Return Values
S_OK
The value returned if successful.
S_FALSE (for get_documentElement
only)
The value returned if there is no document element.
E_INVALIDARG (for get_documentElement
only)
The value returned if the DOMElement
parameter is Null.
Remarks
The property is read/write. It returns an IXMLDOMElement
that represents the single element that represents the root of the XML document tree. It returns Null if no root exists.
When setting the documentElement
property, the specified element node is inserted into the child list of the document after any document type node. To precisely place the node within the children of the document, call the insertBefore
method of theIXMLDOMNode
.
The parentNode
property is reset to the document node as a result of this operation.
Versioning
Implemented in:
MSXML 3.0, MSXML 6.0
Applies to
See Also
insertBefore Method
IXMLDOMElement
IXMLDOMNode
parentNode Property1