data Property (IXMLDOMCharacterData)

Script Syntax

strValue = oXMLDOMCharacterData.data;
objXMLDOMCharacterData.data = strValue;

Example

The following script example walks the document tree and checks for comment node types. If one is found, it displays its contents with the data property.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.4.0");
var comment;
var root;
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.loadXML("<root><!-- Hello --></root>");
root = xmlDoc.documentElement;
for (var i=0; i<root.childNodes.length; i++) {
  if (root.childNodes.item(i).nodeType == 8) {
    comment = root.childNodes.item(i);
    alert(comment.data);
  }
}

Visual Basic Syntax

strValue = oXMLDOMCharacterData.data
objXMLDOMCharacterData.data = strValue

Example

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example walks the document tree and checks for comment node types. If one is found, it displays its contents with the data property.

Dim xmlDoc As New DOMDocument40
Dim comment As IXMLDOMComment
Dim root As IXMLDOMElement
xmlDoc.async = False
xmlDoc.loadXML ("<root><!-- Hello --></root>")
Set root = xmlDoc.documentElement
For i = 0 To (root.childNodes.length - 1)
  If root.childNodes.Item(i).nodeType = NODE_COMMENT Then
    Set comment = root.childNodes.Item(i)
    MsgBox comment.Data
  End If
Next

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_data(
    BSTR *strData);
HRESULT put_data(
    BSTR strData);

Parameters

strData [out, retval][in]

The same value as the nodeValue for this node.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

The value returned if successful.

S_FALSE (for get_data only)

The value returned if there is no character data node.

E_INVALIDARG (for get_data only)

The value returned if data is Null.

E_FAIL (for put_data only)

The value returned if an error occurs.