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4/8/2010

Loads an XML document using the supplied string.

Script Syntax

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boolValue = oXMLDOMDocument.loadXML(
bstrXML);

Remarks

Script Parameters

bstrXML

String containing the XML string to load into this XML document object. This string can contain an entire XML document or a well-formed fragment.

Script Return Value

Boolean. Returns True if the XML load succeeded. Returns False and sets the documentElementproperty of the DOMDocumentto Null if the XML load failed.

C/C++ Syntax

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HRESULT loadXML(
  BSTR 
bstrXML,
  VARIANT_BOOL* 
isSuccessful
);

Remarks

C/C++ Parameters

bstrXML

[in] XML string to load into this XML document object. This string can contain an entire XML document or a well-formed fragment.

isSuccessful

[out, retval] True if the XML load succeeded. This method returns False and sets the documentElementproperty of the DOMDocumentobject to Null if the XML load failed.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

Value returned if successful.

S_FALSE

Value returned if the load fails.

E_INVALIDARG

Value returned if isSuccessfulis Null.

Requirements

Header msxml2.h, msxml2.idl
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

General Remarks

Calling the load Methodor loadXMLon an existing document immediately discards the content of the document. The loadXMLwill work only with UTF-16 or UCS-2 encodings.

This member is an extension of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM).

This method applies to the following interface:

DOMDocument.

Requirements

Header msxml2.h, msxml2.idl
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also

Concepts

documentElement Property

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