Contains the first child of this node.
Visual Basic Syntax
Set objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.firstChild
C/C++ Syntax
HRESULT get_firstChild(
IXMLDOMNode **firstChild);
Parameters
firstChild
[out]
First child node. If there are no such children, it returns NULL.
C/C++ Return Values
S_OK
Value returned if successful.
S_FALSE
Value when returning null.
E_INVALIDARG
Value returned if firstChild is null.
Remarks
This value depends on the value of the nodeType property.
| NODE_ATTRIBUTE, NODE_DOCUMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE, NODE_ELEMENT, NODE_ENTITY, NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE | Returns the first child node. If there are no children, returns NULL. |
| NODE_CDATA_SECTION, NODE_COMMENT, NODE_NOTATION, NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, NODE_TEXT | Returns NULL. These node types cannot have children. |