firstChild Property
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4/8/2010
Contains the first child of the node.
Script Syntax
var objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.firstChild;
Remarks
Script Parameters
None.
Script Return Value
Object. Returns the first child node. If there are no such children, returns Null.
C/C++ Syntax
HRESULT get_firstChild(
IXMLDOMNode** firstChild
);
Remarks
C/C++ Parameters
- firstChild
[out, retval] First child node. If there are no such children, it returns Null.
C/C++ Return Values
- S_OK
Value returned if successful.
- S_FALSE
Value returned when there are no children.
- E_INVALIDARG
Value returned if firstChild 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, 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. |
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, IXTLRuntime