XML Element | xml Object

Defines an XML data island on an HTML page.

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the xml object.

Attributes/Properties

Attribute	Property	Description
aria-activedescendant	ariaActivedescendant	Gets or sets the currently active child element.
aria-busy	ariaBusy	Gets or sets a value indicating whether a live region is finished updating.
aria-checked	ariaChecked	Sets or retrieves the checked state of this element.
aria-controls	ariaControls	Gets or sets the list of elements that are controlled by the current element.
aria-describedby	ariaDescribedby	Gets or sets a list of elements that describe the current object.
aria-disabled	ariaDisabled	Sets or retrieves the disabled state of this element.
aria-expanded	ariaExpanded	Sets or retrieves the expanded state of this element.
aria-flowto	ariaFlowto	Gets or sets the recommended reading order of content.
aria-haspopup	ariaHaspopup	Sets or retrieves a value indicating whether this element may display a pop-up window.
aria-hidden	ariaHidden	Sets or retrieves the hidden state of this element.
aria-invalid	ariaInvalid	Sets or retrieves the error state of this element.
aria-labelledby	ariaLabelledby	Gets or sets a list of elements that provide a label for the current object.
aria-level	ariaLevel	Sets or retrieves the level of this element.
aria-live	ariaLive	Gets or sets how assistive technology should announce updates to live regions.
aria-multiselectable	ariaMultiselectable	Sets or retrieves the multiple-selection state of this element.
aria-owns	ariaOwns	Gets or sets a list of child objects, including elements that are not direct descendants of the current object.
aria-posinset	ariaPosinset	Sets or retrieves the current position of an item within a set.
aria-pressed	ariaPressed	Sets or retrieves the pressed state of a button that can be toggled.
aria-readonly	ariaReadonly	Sets or retrieves the read-only state of this element.
aria-relevant	ariaRelevant	Gets or sets which changes to a live region are relevant.
aria-required	ariaRequired	Sets or retrieves the form-completion requirement of this element.
aria-secret	ariaSecret	Sets or retrieves the secret state of this element.
aria-selected	ariaSelected	Sets or retrieves the selection state of this element.
aria-setsize	ariaSetsize	Sets or retrieves the set size of this element.
aria-valuemax	ariaValuemax	Gets or sets the maximum value that a user can provide.
aria-valuemin	ariaValuemin	Gets or sets the minimum value that a user can provide.
aria-valuenow	ariaValuenow	Gets or sets the current value of the element.
	attributes	Retrieves a collection of attributes of the object.
	canHaveChildren	Gets a value indicating whether the object can contain child objects.
canHaveHTML	canHaveHTML	Gets the value indicating whether the object can contain rich HTML markup.
ID	id	Sets or retrieves the string identifying the object.
	isContentEditable	Gets the value that indicates whether the user can edit the contents of the object.
	isDisabled	Gets the value that indicates whether the user can interact with the object.
	isMultiLine	Retrieves the value indicating whether the content of the object contains one or more lines.
	readyState	Retrieves the current state of the object.
	recordset	Sets or retrieves from a data source object a reference to the default record set.
role	role	Sets or retrieves the role for this element.
	scopeName	Gets the namespace defined for the element.
SRC	src	Sets or retrieves a URL to be loaded by the object.
	tagUrn	Sets or gets the Uniform Resource Name (URN) specified in the namespace declaration.
	XMLDocument	Retrieves a reference to the XML

Behaviors

Behavior	Description
clientCaps	Obsolete. Provides information about features supported by Windows Internet Explorer, as well as a way for installing browser components on demand.
download	Downloads a file and notifies a specified callback function when the download is complete.
homePage	Contains information about a user's homepage.

Collections

Collection	Description
behaviorUrns	Returns a collection of Uniform Resource Name (URN) strings identifying the behaviors attached to the element.

Events

Event	Event Property	Description
	onafterupdate	Fires on a databound object after successfully updating the associated data in the data source object.
	onbeforecopy	Fires on the source object before the selection is copied to the system clipboard.
	onbeforeupdate	Fires on a databound object before updating the associated data in the data source object.
	oncellchange	Fires when data changes in the data provider.
	oncopy	Fires on the source element when the user copies the object or selection, adding it to the system clipboard.
	ondataavailable	Fires periodically as data arrives from data source objects that asynchronously transmit their data.
	ondatasetchanged	Fires when the data set exposed by a data source object changes.
	ondatasetcomplete	Fires to indicate that all data is available from the data source object.
	onerrorupdate	Fires on a databound object when an error occurs while updating the associated data in the data source object.
	onfilterchange	Fires when a visual filter changes state or completes a transition.
	onlayoutcomplete	Fires when the print or print preview layout process finishes filling the current LayoutRect object with content from the source document.
readystatechange	onreadystatechange	Fires when the state of the object has changed.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536959.aspx	onresize	Fires when the size of the object is about to change.
	onrowenter	Fires to indicate that the current row has changed in the data source and new data values are available on the object.
	onrowexit	Fires just before the data source control changes the current row in the object.
	onrowsdelete	Fires when rows are about to be deleted from the recordset.
	onrowsinserted	Fires just after new rows are inserted in the current recordset.

Methods

Method	Description
addBehavior	Attaches a behavior to the element.
applyElement	Makes the element either a child or parent of another element.
clearAttributes	Removes all attributes and values from the object.
componentFromPoint	Returns the component located at the specified coordinates via certain events.
doScroll	Simulates a click on a scroll bar component.
fireEvent	Fires a specified event on the object.
getAttributeNode	Retrieves an attribute object referenced by the attribute.name property.
hasAttribute	Determines whether an attribute with the specified name exists.
hasAttributes	Determines whether one or more attributes exist for the object.
namedRecordset	Retrieves the recordset object corresponding to the named data member from a data source object (DSO).
normalize	Merges adjacent Document Object Model (DOM) objects to produce a normalized document object model.
removeAttributeNode	Removes an attribute object from the object.
removeBehavior	Detaches a behavior from the element.
replaceAdjacentText	Replaces the text adjacent to the element.
setActive	Sets the object as active without setting focus to the object.
setAttributeNode	Sets an attribute object node as part of the object.
setCapture	Sets the mouse capture to the object that belongs to the current document.

Prototypes

Object	Description
HTMLGenericElement Constructor	Defines the properties and methods inherited by objects in the HTMLGenericElement Constructor prototype chain.

Styles

Style attribute	Style property	Description
-ms-behavior	behavior	Gets or sets the location of the Dynamic HTML (DHTML) behavior.
-ms-text-autospace	textAutospace	Gets or sets the autospacing and narrow space width adjustment of text.
-ms-text-underline-position	textUnderlinePosition	Gets or sets the position of the underline decoration that is set through the textDecoration property of the object.

Remarks

The readyState property of the XML element, available as a string value, corresponds to the readyState property of the XMLDOMDocument object, which is available as a long value. The string values correspond to the long values of the XML document object's property as shown in the E xamples section.

The XMLDocument property is the default property.

This element is available in HTML and script as of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.

This element is not rendered.

This element requires a closing tag.

Examples

This example uses the XML element to define a simple XML data island that can be embedded directly in an HTML page.

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<XML ID="oMetaData">
  <METADATA>
     <AUTHOR>John Smith</AUTHOR>
     <GENERATOR>Visual Notepad</GENERATOR>
     <PAGETYPE>Reference</PAGETYPE>
     <ABSTRACT>Specifies a data island</ABSTRACT>
  </METADATA>
</XML>

This example uses the readyState property of the xml object to determine whether the XML data island is completely downloaded.

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  if (oMetaData.readyState == "complete")
      window.alert ("The XML document is ready.");

This example uses the readyState property of the XMLDOMDocument object to determine whether the XML data island is completely downloaded.

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  if (oMetaData.XMLDocument.readyState == 4)
      window.alert ("The XML document is ready.");

This script example retrieves the text contained within the ABSTRACT field of the data island.

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   var oNode = oMetaData.XMLDocument.selectSingleNode("METADATA/ABSTRACT");
   alert(oNode.text);

Standards Information

This object is a Microsoft extension to HTML.