childNodes Property

Script Syntax

objXMLDOMNodeList = oXMLDOMNode.childNodes;

Example

The following script example uses the childNodes property (collection) to return an IXMLDOMNodeList, and then iterates through the collection, displaying the value of each item's xml property.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.4.0");
var root;
var oNodeList;
var Item;
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.load("books.xml");
root = xmlDoc.documentElement;
oNodeList = root.childNodes;
for (var i=0; i<oNodeList.length; i++) {
   Item = oNodeList.item(i);
  alert(Item.xml);
}

Visual Basic Syntax

objXMLDOMNodeList = oXMLDOMNode.childNodes

Example

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example uses the childNodes property (collection) to return an IXMLDOMNodeList, and then iterates through the collection, displaying the value of each item's xml property.

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument40
Dim root As IXMLDOMElement
Dim oNodeList As IXMLDOMNodeList
Dim Item As IXMLDOMNode
xmlDoc.async = False
xmlDoc.Load ("books.xml")
Set root = xmlDoc.documentElement
Set oNodeList = root.childNodes
For Each Item In oNodeList
  MsgBox Item.xml
Next

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_childNodes(
    IXMLDOMNodeList **childList);

Parameters

childList [out, retval]

A list of children in the current node.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

The value returned if successful.

E_INVALIDARG

The value returned if childList is Null.