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4/8/2010

Returns the root of the document that contains the node.

Script Syntax

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var objXMLDOMDocument = oXMLDOMNode.ownerDocument;

Remarks

Script Parameters

None.

Script Return Value

Object. Returns the parent document that represents the root of the document with this node.

C/C++ Syntax

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HRESULT get_ownerDocument(
  IXMLDOMDocument** 
DOMDocument
);

Remarks

C/C++ Parameters

DOMDocument

[out, retval] Address of the parent document object that represents the root of the document.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

Value returned if successful.

E_INVALIDARG

Value returned if DOMDocumentis Null.

Requirements

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

General Remarks

All nodes are created in the context of a document, and the ownerDocumentproperty is maintained until the node is added to another document. For a node removed from a document, this property indicates the document in which the node was last included.

This property is read-only, and applies to the following objects and interfaces:

IXMLDOMAttribute, IXMLDOMCDATASection, IXMLDOMCharacterData, IXMLDOMComment, DOMDocument, IXMLDOMDocumentFragment, IXMLDOMDocumentType, IXMLDOMElement, IXMLDOMEntity, IXMLDOMEntityReference, IXMLDOMNode, IXMLDOMNotation, IXMLDOMProcessingInstruction, IXMLDOMText, and IXTLRuntime