lastChild Property

Script Syntax

var objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.lastChild;

Example

The following script example creates a new IXMLDOMNode (element) object, and then inserts it before the last child of the top-level node.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.4.0");
var root;
var newNode;
var currNode;
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.load("books.xml");
var root = xmlDoc.documentElement;
alert(root.xml);
var newNode = xmlDoc.createNode(1, "VIDEOS", "");
currNode = root.insertBefore(newNode, root.lastChild);
alert(root.xml);

Visual Basic Syntax

Set objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.lastChild

Example

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example creates a new IXMLDOMNode (element) object, and then inserts it before the last child of the top-level node.

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument40
Dim root As IXMLDOMElement
Dim newNode As IXMLDOMNode
Dim currNode As IXMLDOMNode
xmlDoc.async = False
xmlDoc.Load ("books.xml")
Set root = xmlDoc.documentElement
MsgBox root.xml
Set newNode = xmlDoc.createNode(NODE_ELEMENT, "VIDEOS", "")
Set currNode = root.insertBefore(newNode, root.lastChild)
MsgBox root.xml

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_lastChild(
    IXMLDOMNode **lastChild);

Parameters

lastChild [out, retval]

The last child node. If there are no 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 lastChild is null.