data Property (IXMLDOMProcessingInstruction)
Retrieves and sets the content of the processing instruction, excluding the target.
Script Syntax
strValue = oXMLDOMProcessingInstruction.data;
objXMLDOMProcessingInstruction.data = strValue;
Example
The following script example iterates through the document's child nodes. If it finds a node of type NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION (7), it displays the node's data.
var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.6.0");
var pi;
xmlDoc.load("books.xml");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode != 0) {
var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError;
WScript.Echo("You have error " + myErr.reason);
} else {
for (var i=0; i<xmlDoc.childNodes.length; i++) {
if (xmlDoc.childNodes.item(i).nodeType == 7) {
pi = xmlDoc.childNodes.item(i);
WScript.Echo(pi.data);
}
}
}
Visual Basic Syntax
strValue = oXMLDOMProcessingInstruction.data
objXMLDOMProcessingInstruction.data = strValue
C/C++ Syntax
HRESULT get_data(
BSTR *value);
HRESULT put_data(
BSTR value);
Parameters
value [out, retval][in]
The content of the processing instruction for this target. The data has the same value as the nodeValue property.
C/C++ Return Values
S_OK
The value returned if successful.
Remarks
String. This property is read/write. The data has the same value as the nodeValue property.
Versioning
Implemented in:
MSXML 3..0, MSXML 6.0