firstChild Property
Contains the first child of the node.
var objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.firstChild;
HRESULT get_firstChild(
IXMLDOMNode** firstChild
);
General Remarks
This value depends on the value of the nodeType property.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 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. |
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, IXTLRuntime
See Also
Last updated on Saturday, April 10, 2004
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