previousSibling Property
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4/8/2010
Contains the previous sibling of the node in the parent's child list.
Script Syntax
var objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.previousSibling;
Remarks
Script Parameters
None.
Script Return Value
Object. Left sibling of this node.
C/C++ Syntax
HRESULT get_previousSibling(
IXMLDOMNode** previousSibling
);
Remarks
C/C++ Parameters
- previousSibling
[out, retval] Left sibling of this node.
C/C++ Return Values
- S_OK
Value returned if successful.
- S_FALSE
Value returned when there is no previous sibling.
- E_INVALIDARG
Value returned if previousSibling is Null.
Requirements
| Header | msxml2.h, msxml2.idl |
| Windows Embedded CE | Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later |
General Remarks
This value depends on the value of the nodeType property.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
NODE_ATTRIBUTE, NODE_DOCUMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT |
Always returns Null; these node types do not appear as children of any other nodes. |
NODE_CDATA_SECTION, NODE_COMMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE, NODE_ELEMENT, NODE_ENTITY, NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE, NODE_NOTATION, NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, NODE_TEXT |
Returns the node immediately preceding this node in its parent's child list. Returns Null if no such node exists. |
This property is read-only, and applies to the following objects and interfaces:
IXMLDOMAttribute, IXMLDOMCDATASection, IXMLDOMCharacterData, IXMLDOMComment, DOMDocument, IXMLDOMDocumentFragment, IXMLDOMDocumentType, IXMLDOMElement, IXMLDOMEntity, IXMLDOMEntityReference, IXMLDOMNode, IXMLDOMNotation, IXMLDOMProcessingInstruction, IXMLDOMText, and IXTLRuntime