XMLNode.ParentNode Property

Gets a Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.XMLNode object that represents the parent element of the specified Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.XMLNode control.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property ParentNode As XMLNode

XMLNode ParentNode { get; }

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.XMLNode
A Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.XMLNode control that represents the parent element of the specified Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.XMLNode object.

Remarks

For a root node, the ParentNode property returns nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Examples

The following code example uses the ParentNode property to display the name of the parent node of an XMLNode control. This example assumes that the current document contains an XMLNode named CustomerFirstNameNode.

Private Sub DisplayParentNode()
    MsgBox("The parent node of '" & Me.CustomerFirstNameNode.BaseName & _
        "' is '" & Me.CustomerFirstNameNode.ParentNode.BaseName & "'.")
End Sub

private void DisplayParentNode()
{
    MessageBox.Show("The parent node of '" +
        this.CustomerFirstNameNode.BaseName + "' is '" + 
        this.CustomerFirstNameNode.ParentNode.BaseName + "'.");
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

XMLNode Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace