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removeChild Method

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

Removes the specified child node from the list of children and returns it.

Script Syntax

var objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.removeChild(childNode);

Remarks

Script Parameters

  • childNode
    Object. Child node to be removed from the list of children of this node.

Script Return Value

Object. Returns the removed child node.

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT removeChild(
  IXMLDOMNode* childNode,
  IXMLDOMNode** outOldChild
);

Remarks

C/C++ Parameters

  • childNode
    [in] Child node to be removed from the list of children of this node.
  • outOldChild
    [out, retval] Removed child node. If Null, no object is created.

C/C++ Return Values

  • S_OK
    Value returned if successful.
  • E_INVALIDARG
    Value returned if oldChild is not a child of this node, when the specified oldChild is read-only and cannot be removed, or when oldChild is Null.
  • E_FAIL
    Value returned if an error occurs.

Requirements

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

General Remarks

This method applies to the following objects and interfaces:

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