Contains the parent node (for nodes that can have parents).
Visual Basic Syntax
Set objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.parentNode
C/C++ Syntax
HRESULT get_parentNode(
IXMLDOMNode **parent);
Parameters
parent
[out]
Parent of the given node instance. All nodes, except Document, DocumentFragment, and Attribute nodes, can have a parent. However, if a node has just been created and not yet added to the tree, or if it has been removed from the tree, the parent is null.
C/C++ Return Values
S_OK
Value returned if successful.
E_INVALIDARG
Value returned if parent is null.
Remarks
This value depends on the value of the nodeType property.
| NODE_ATTRIBUTE, NODE_DOCUMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT | Null; they do not have parents. |
| NODE_CDATA_SECTION | The element or entity reference containing the CDATA section. |
| NODE_COMMENT | The element, entity reference, document type, or document containing the comment. |
| NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE | The document node. |
| NODE_ELEMENT | The parent node of the element. If the element is the root node in the tree, the parent is the document node. If the node is the document node, parentNode is null. |
| NODE_ENTITY | The document type node. |
| NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE | The element, attribute, or entity reference containing the entity reference. |
| NODE_NOTATION | The document type node. |
| NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION | The document, element, document type, or entity reference containing the processing instruction. |
| NODE_TEXT | The parent element, attribute, or entity reference. |