setAttribute Method
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4/8/2010
Sets the value of the named attribute.
Script Syntax
oXMLDOMElement.setAttribute(name, value);
Remarks
Script Parameters
- name
String specifying the name of the attribute. If the attribute with that name already exists, its value is changed. If the attribute with that name does not exist, it is created.
- value
Variant that supplies the value for the named attribute.
Script Return Value
None.
C/C++ Syntax
HRESULT setAttribute(
BSTR name,
VARIANT value
);
Remarks
C/C++ Parameters
- name
[in] Name of the attribute. If an attribute with that name already exists, its value is changed. If an attribute with that name does not exist, it is created.
- value
[in] Value for the named attribute.
C/C++ Return Values
- S_OK
Value returned if successful.
- E_FAIL
Value returned if an error occurs.
Requirements
| Header | msxml2.h, msxml2.idl |
| Library | uuid.lib |
| Windows Embedded CE | Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later |
General Remarks
If an attribute with the supplied name already exists, this method changes its value to the supplied value parameter. The supplied string is not parsed, so any markup, such as syntax meant to be recognized as an entity reference, is treated as literal text and must be appropriately escaped by the implementation when it is written out.
To assign an attribute value that contains entity references, the user must create IXMLDOMAttribute plus any IXMLDOMText and IXMLDOMEntityReference objects, build the appropriate subtree, and call the setAttributeNode Method.
This method applies to the following objects and interfaces:
IXMLDOMAttribute, IXMLDOMElement, IXMLDOMText, and IXMLDOMEntityReference.