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4/8/2010

Contains the previous sibling of the node in the parent's child list.

Script Syntax

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var objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.previousSibling;

Remarks

Script Parameters

None.

Script Return Value

Object. Left sibling of this node.

C/C++ Syntax

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HRESULT get_previousSibling(
  IXMLDOMNode** 
previousSibling
);

Remarks

C/C++ Parameters

previousSibling

[out, retval] Left sibling of this node.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

Value returned if successful.

S_FALSE

Value returned when there is no previous sibling.

E_INVALIDARG

Value returned if previousSiblingis Null.

Requirements

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

General Remarks

This value depends on the value of the nodeTypeproperty.

Value Description

NODE_ATTRIBUTE, NODE_DOCUMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT

Always returns Null; these node types do not appear as children of any other nodes.

NODE_CDATA_SECTION, NODE_COMMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE, NODE_ELEMENT, NODE_ENTITY, NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE, NODE_NOTATION, NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, NODE_TEXT

Returns the node immediately preceding this node in its parent's child list. Returns Null if no such node exists.

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

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