getAttribute Method (Compact 2013)

3/26/2014

Retrieves the value of the attribute.

Syntax

objValue = oXMLDOMElement.getAttribute(name);

HRESULT getAttribute(BSTR name, VARIANT* value);

Parameters

Script

• name
  String specifying the name of the attribute to return.

C/C++

• name
  [in] Name of the attribute to return.

• value
  [out, retval] String that contains the attribute value. The empty string is returned if the named attribute does not have a specified or default value.

Return Value

Script

Variant. Returns a string that contains the attribute value or returns the empty string if the named attribute does not have a specified or default value.

C/C++

• S_OK
  Value returned if successful.

• S_FALSE
  Value when no attribute with the given name is found.

• E_INVALIDARG
  Value returned if name is Null.

Remarks

You can also retrieve attributes by using the getNamedItem Method of the IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap.

This method applies to the following objects and interfaces:

IXMLDOMElement and IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap.

Requirements

See Also

Reference

XML DOM Methods
getNamedItem Method