firstChild Property

Contains the first child of the node.

[Script]

Script Syntax

var objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.firstChild;

Example

The following example sets currNode to the first child node of the top-level node.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.4.0");
var currNode;
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.load("books.xml");
currNode = xmlDoc.documentElement.firstChild;
alert(currNode.xml);

[Visual Basic]

Visual Basic Syntax

Set objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.firstChild

Example

The following example sets currNode to the first child node of the top-level node.

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument40
Dim currNode As IXMLDOMNode
xmlDoc.async = False
xmlDoc.Load ("books.xml")
Set currNode = xmlDoc.documentElement.firstChild
MsgBox currNode.xml

[C/C++]

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_firstChild(
    IXMLDOMNode **firstChild);

Parameters

firstChild [out, retval]: The first child node. If there are no such children, it returns Null.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK: The value returned if successful.
S_FALSE: The value returned when there are no children.
E_INVALIDARG: The value returned if firstChild is Null.

Remarks

The property is read-only. Returns the first child node. If there are no such children, returns Null.

This value depends on the value of the nodeType property.

NODE_ATTRIBUTE, NODE_DOCUMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE, NODE_ELEMENT, NODE_ENTITY, NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE	Returns the first child node. If there are no children, returns Null.
NODE_CDATA_SECTION, NODE_COMMENT, NODE_NOTATION, NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, NODE_TEXT	Returns Null. These node types cannot have children.

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firstChild Property

Script Syntax

Example

Visual Basic Syntax

Example

C/C++ Syntax

Parameters

C/C++ Return Values

Remarks

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