The following script example creates an IXMLDOMElement object and sets it to the root element of the document with the documentElement property. It then walks the document tree.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.3.0");
var root;
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.load("books.xml");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode != 0) {
   var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError;
   WScript.Echo("You have error " + myErr.reason);
} else {
   root = xmlDoc.documentElement;
   for (var i=0; i<root.childNodes.length; i++) {
      WScript.Echo(root.childNodes.item(i).childNodes.item(0).text);
   }
}

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example creates an IXMLDOMElement object and sets it to the root element of the document with the documentElement property. It then walks the document tree.

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument30
Dim root As IXMLDOMElement
xmlDoc.async = False
xmlDoc.Load App.Path & "\books.xml"
If (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) Then
   Dim myErr
   Set myErr = xmlDoc.parseError
   MsgBox("You have error " & myErr.reason)
Else
   Set root = xmlDoc.documentElement
   For i = 0 To (root.childNodes.length - 1)
      MsgBox root.childNodes.Item(i).childNodes.Item(0).Text
   Next
End If

DOMElement[out, retval][in]

The IXMLDOMElement object that represents the single element representing the root of the XML document tree. Returns Null if no root exists.

S_OK

The value returned if successful.

S_FALSE (for get_documentElementonly)

The value returned if there is no document element.

E_INVALIDARG (for get_documentElementonly)

The value returned if the DOMElement parameter is Null.