XMLNode.Attributes Property

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Returns an XMLNodes collection that represents the attributes for the specified element.

Syntax

expression.Attributes

expression   Required. A variable that represents a XMLNode object.

Remarks

All XMLNode objects in the XMLNodes collection returned by using the Attributes property have a NodeType property value of wdXMLNodeAttribute.

Example

The following example adds the author attribute to the book element in the active document and then sets the value of the attribute.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub AddIDAttribute()
    Dim objElement As XMLNode
    Dim objAttribute As XMLNode

For Each objElement In ActiveDocument.XMLNodes
    If objElement.NodeType = wdXMLNodeElement Then
        If objElement.BaseName = "book" Then
            
            Set objAttribute = objElement.<strong class="bterm">Attributes</strong> _
                .Add("author", objElement.NamespaceURI)

            objAttribute.NodeValue = "David Barber"
            
            Exit For
        End If
    End If
Next



End Sub

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