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IXMLDOMDocument.createAttribute (Visual Basic .NET)

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IXMLDOMDocument.createAttribute (Visual Basic .NET)

The createAttribute method creates a new attribute with the specified name.

Syntax

  IXMLDOMAttribute = IXMLDOMDocument
  .createAttribute(
  strName As String
)

Parameters

strName

[in] String specifying the name of the new attribute object. This name is subsequently available as the new node's nodeName property.

Return Values

Returns the new IXMLDOMAttribute object.

Remarks

No data value is set for the attribute during the create operation. You can set the value by calling the setAttribute method of the element object.

The parentNode property is always set to NULL.

The nodeType property has the value NODE_ATTRIBUTE.

Example Code

The following example creates a new attribute called ID and adds it to the attributes of the IXMLDOMDocument object.

Imports interop_msxml
Imports Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop

On Error GoTo Err

' Declare variables.
Dim Server As New WMSServerClass()
Dim Playlist As IXMLDOMDocument
Dim root As IXMLDOMElement
Dim newAtt As IXMLDOMAttribute
Dim namedNodeMap As IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap

' Create a new playlist object.
Set Playlist = Server.CreatePlaylist

' Load a playlist.
Playlist.Load ("file://c:\wmpub\wmroot\simple.wsx")

' Retrieve the root element.
Set root = Playlist.documentElement

' Create a new attribute and add it 
' to the attributes of the root element.
Set newAtt = Playlist.createAttribute("ID")
Set namedNodeMap = root.Attributes
namedNodeMap.setNamedItem newAtt
Exit Sub

Err:
' TODO: Handle errors.

Requirements

Reference: Add references to Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices and interop_msxml.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop, interop_msxml.

Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.dll, interop_msxml.dll.

Library: WMSServerTypeLib.dll, msxml.dll.

Platform: Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Server 2008 family.

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