IXMLDOMElement::getAttribute Method

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Retrieves the value of the named attribute.

Visual Basic Syntax

strValue = oXMLDOMElement.getAttribute(name)

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT getAttribute(
    BSTR name,
    VARIANT *value);

Parameters

name

[in] Name of the attribute to return.

value

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

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

Value returned if successful.

S_FALSE

Value when returning null. 

E_INVALIDARG

Value returned if name is null.

Remarks

Another way to retrieve attributes is to use the IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap object's getNamedItem method.