getElementsByTagName Method (IXMLDOMElement) (Compact 2013)

3/26/2014

Returns a list of all descendant elements that match the supplied name.

Syntax

var objXMLDOMNodeList = oXMLDOMElement.getElementsByTagName(tagName);

HRESULT getElementsByTagName(
  BSTR tagName,
  IXMLDOMNodeList** resultList
);

Parameters

Script

• tagName
  String specifying the name of the element to find. The string "*" matches all descendant elements of this element.

C/C++

• tagName
  [in] Name of the element to find. The string "*" matches all descendant elements of this element.

• resultList
  [out, retval] IXMLDOMNodeList object containing all elements that match the supplied name.

Return Value

Script

Object. Returns IXMLDOMNodeList object containing all elements that match the supplied name.

C/C++

• S_OK
  Value returned if successful.

Remarks

Elements appear in the order encountered in a preorder traversal of this element's tree.

Note that the IXMLDOMNodeList object is returned even if there are no matches. In this case, the length of the list will be set to zero.

The IXMLDOMNodeList is live and immediately reflects changes to the nodes that appear in the list.

This method applies to the following objects and interfaces:

IXMLDOMElement and IXMLDOMNodeList.

Requirements

See Also

Reference

XML DOM Methods