XML DOM Methods
This section describes DOM method syntax.
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| abort (DOMDocument) | Aborts an asynchronous download in progress. |
| abort (IXMLHTTPRequest) | Cancels the current HTTP request. |
| abort (ServerXMLHTTP/IServerXMLHTTPRequest) | Cancels the current HTTP request. |
| Abort (IXMLHTTPRequest2) | Cancels the current HTTP request. |
| add | Adds a new schema to the schema collection and associates the given namespace URI with the specified schema. |
| addCollection | Adds schemas from another collection into the current collection and replaces any schemas that collide on the same namespace URI. |
| addObject | Adds objects to a style sheet. |
| addParameter | Adds parameters to a style sheet. |
| appendChild | Appends a new child node as the last child of the node. |
| appendData | Appends the supplied string to the existing string data. |
| clone | Clones a copy of the current IXMLDOMSelection, with the same position and context. |
| cloneNode | Clones a new node. |
| createAttribute | Creates a new attribute with the specified name. |
| createCDATASection | Creates a CDATA section node that contains the supplied data. |
| createComment | Creates a comment node that contains the supplied data. |
| createDocumentFragment | Creates an empty IXMLDOMDocumentFragment object. |
| createElement | Creates an element node using the specified name. |
| createEntityReference | Creates a new EntityReference object. |
| createNode | Creates a node using the supplied type, name, and namespace. |
| createProcessingInstruction | Creates a processing instruction node that contains the supplied target and data. |
| createProcessor | Creates a rental-model IXSLProcessor object that will use this template. |
| createTextNode | Creates a text node that contains the supplied data. |
| errorParameters | Returns the parameter value for a given index. |
| deleteData | Deletes specified data. |
| DllSetProperty | Sets a global property for the DLL. |
| get | Returns a read-only XML Document Object Model (DOM) node that contains the <Schema> element. |
| getAllResponseHeaders (IXMLHTTPRequest) | Retrieves the values of all the HTTP headers. |
| getAllResponseHeaders (ServerXMLHTTP/IServerXMLHTTPRequest) | Retrieves the values of all the HTTP headers. |
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| getAttribute | Gets the value of the attribute. |
| getAttributeNode | Gets the attribute node. |
| getDeclaration | Returns the declaration of the DOM node that is sent to the function. |
| getElementsByTagName (DOMDocument) | Returns a collection of elements that have the specified name. |
| getElementsByTagName (IXMLDOMElement) | Returns a list of all descendant elements that match the supplied name. |
| getNamedItem | Retrieves the attribute with the specified name. |
| getOption | Returns the value of the specified option. |
| getProperty (IXMLDOMDocument2) | Returns the default properties. |
| getProperty (IXMLDOMSelection) | Returns a property. |
| getQualifiedItem Method | Returns the attribute with the specified namespace and attribute name. |
| getResponseHeader (IXMLHTTPRequest) | Retrieves the value of an HTTP header from the response body. |
| getResponseHeader (ServerXMLHTTP/IServerXMLHTTPRequest) | Retrieves the value of an HTTP header from the response body. |
| GetResponseHeader (IXMLHTTPRequest2) | Retrieves the value of an HTTP header from the response body. |
| getSchema Method | Returns an ISchema object. |
| hasChildNodes | Provides a fast way to determine whether a node has children. |
| hasFeature | Indicates support for the specified feature. |
| importNode | Clones a node from a different DOM object. |
| insertBefore | Inserts a child node to the left of the specified node or at the end of the list. |
| insertData | Inserts a string at the specified offset. |
| item (IXMLDOMNodeList) | Allows random access to individual nodes within the collection. |
| item (IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap) | Allows random access to individual nodes within the collection. |
| load | Loads an XML document from the specified location. |
| loadXML | Loads an XML document using the supplied string. |
| matches | Checks if the node that is passed is contained in the current collection. |
| nextNode (IXMLDOMNodeList) | Returns the next node in the collection. |
| nextNode (IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap) | Returns the next node in the collection. |
| nodeFromID | Returns the node that matches the ID attribute. |
| normalize | Normalizes all descendant elements by combining two or more adjacent text nodes into one unified text node. |
| open (IXMLHTTPRequest) | Initializes an MSXML2.XMLHTTP request and specifies the method, URL, and authentication information for the request. |
| open (ServerXMLHTTP/IServerXMLHTTPRequest) | Initializes a request and specifies the method, URL, and authentication information for the request. |
| Open (IXMLHTTPRequest2) | Initializes a request and specifies the method, URL, and authentication information for the request. |
| peekNode | Gets the next node that the nextNode method will return without advancing the list position. |
| remove | Removes the specified namespace from a collection. |
| removeAll | Removes all the nodes from the collection described by the IXMLDOMSelection. |
| removeAttribute | Removes or replaces the named attribute. |
| removeAttributeNode | Removes the specified attribute from this element. |
| removeChild | Removes the specified child node from the list of children and returns it. |
| removeNamedItem | Removes an attribute from the collection. |
| removeNext | Removes the next node. |
| removeQualifiedItem | Removes the attribute with the specified namespace and attribute name. |
| replaceChild | Replaces the specified old child node with the supplied new child node. |
| replaceData | Replaces the specified number of characters with the supplied string. |
| reset (IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap) | Resets the iterator. |
| reset (IXMLDOMNodeList) | Resets the iterator. |
| reset (IXMLDOMParseErrorCollection) | Resets the internal position to start, so that the next method will return the first error in the list. |
| reset (IXSLProcessor) | Resets the state of the processor to the state it was in prior to calling the transform method. |
| save | Saves an XML document to the specified location. |
| selectNodes | Applies the specified pattern-matching operation to this node's context and returns the list of matching nodes as IXMLDOMNodeList. |
| selectSingleNode | Applies the specified pattern-matching operation to this node's context and returns the first matching node. |
| send (IXMLHTTPRequest) | Sends an HTTP request to the server and receives a response. |
| send (ServerXMLHTTP/IServerXMLHTTPRequest) | Sends an HTTP request to the server and receives a response. |
| Send (IXMLHTTPRequest2) | Sends an HTTP request to the server and receives a response. |
| setAttribute | Sets the value of the named attribute. |
| setAttributeNode | Sets or updates the supplied attribute node on this element. |
| setNamedItem | Adds the supplied node to the collection. |
| setOption | Sets the specified option. |
| setProperty | Sets the SelectionLanguage, ServerHTTPRequest, SelectionNamespaces or NewParser internal properties (flags). |
| setProxy | Sets the proxy configuration. |
| setProxyCredentials | Sets the proxy authentication credentials. |
| setRequestHeader (IXMLHTTPRequest) | Specifies the name of an HTTP header. |
| setRequestHeader (ServerXMLHTTP/IServerXMLHTTPRequest) | Specifies the name of an HTTP header. |
| setStartMode | Performs a subset of a larger XSLT transformation by selecting the XSLT mode with which to start. |
| setTimeouts | Specifies timeout settings for resolving the domain name, establishing the connection to the server, sending the data, and receiving the response. |
| splitText | Splits this text node into two text nodes at the specified offset and inserts the new text node into the tree as a sibling that immediately follows this node. |
| substringData | Retrieves a substring of the full string from the specified range. |
| transform | Starts the transformation process or resumes a previously failed transformation. |
| transformNode | Processes this node and its children using the supplied XSL Transformations (XSLT) style sheet and returns the resulting transformation. |
| transformNodeToObject | Processes this node and its children using the supplied XSLT style sheet, and returns the resulting transformation in the supplied object. |
| validate | Performs run-time validation on the currently loaded document using the currently loaded DTD, schema, or schema collection. |
| validate (IXMLDOMSchemaCollection2/XMLDOMSchemaCollection | Performs run-time validation on the documents in the schema cache that have not been compiled and validated. |
| validateNode | Validates a specified DOM fragment. |
| waitForResponse | Allows the requesting server to suspend execution while waiting for an asynchronous send operation to complete. |
Note
Some methods listed here are only implemented for more recent versions of MSXML. To determine the availability of a specific method, see the Versioning section in the reference topic for that method.