Microsoft XML 2.5 SDK

IXMLDOMElement::get_tagName Method

Contains the element name, the name that appears within the tag.

Visual Basic Syntax

strValue = oXMLDOMElement.tagName

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_tagName(

    BSTR *tagName);

Parameters

tagName

[out]
String that represents the element's name. For example, the tag name is "book" in the following tag:

<book ISBN="1572318546">

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

Value returned if successful.

S_FALSE

Value when returning null.

E_INVALIDARG

Value returned if tagName is null.

C/C++ Example

IXMLDOMElement *pIXMLDOMElement = NULL;
BSTR bstrTagName = NULL;
IXMLDOMDocument *pIXMLDOMDocument = NULL;
HRESULT hr;

try
{
   // create an instance of DOMDocument and initialize pIXMLDOMDocument
   // load/create an XML fragment
   hr = pIXMLDOMDocument->get_documentElement(&pIXMLDOMElement);
   SUCCEEDED(hr) ? 0 : throw hr;

   if(pIXMLDOMElement)
   {
      hr = pIXMLDOMElement->get_tagName(&bstrTagName);
      if(SUCCEEDED(hr))
      {
         ::MessageBox(NULL, bstrTagName, _T("Tag Name"), MB_OK);
      }
      ::SysFreeString(bstrTagName);
      bstrTagName = NULL;
      pIXMLDOMElement->Release();
   }
}
catch(...)
{
   if(bstrTagName)
      ::SysFreeString(bstrTagName);
   if(pIXMLDOMElement)
      pIXMLDOMElement->Release();
   DisplayErrorToUser();
}