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IXMLDOMElement::removeAttribute

The removeAttribute method removes or replaces the named attribute.

Syntax

  HRESULT removeAttribute(
 BSTR bstrName
);

Parameters

bstrName

[in] BSTR containing the name of the attribute to be removed or replaced.

Return Values

If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an HRESULT error code.

Example Code

The following example removes the attribute node named "src" from the specified element node.

#include "wmsserver.h"
#include <atlbase.h> // Includes CComVariant and CComBSTR.

// Declare variables.
IWMSServer*         pServer;
IXMLDOMDocument*    pPlaylist;
IXMLDOMElement*     pXMLElement;

HRESULT             hr;
CComBSTR            bstrName;
CComVariant         varFile;

// Initialize the COM library and retrieve a pointer
// to an IWMSServer interface.
hr = CoInitialize(NULL);
hr = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_WMSServer, NULL, CLSCTX_ALL, 
       IID_IWMSServer, (void**)&pServer);
if (FAILED(hr)) goto EXIT;

// Create the playlist object.
hr = pServer->CreatePlaylist(&pPlaylist);

// Create a media element.
bstrName = "media";
hr = pPlaylist->createElement(bstrName, &pXMLElement);
if (FAILED(hr)) goto EXIT;

// Set the src attribute for the media element.
bstrName = "src";
varFile = "welcome1.asf";
hr = pXMLElement->setAttribute(bstrName, varFile);
if (FAILED(hr)) goto EXIT;

// Remove the newly created attribute.
bstrName = "src";
hr = pXMLElement->removeAttribute(bstrName);
if (FAILED(hr)) goto EXIT;

EXIT:
    // TODO: Release temporary COM objects and uninitialize COM.

Requirements

Header: wmsserver.h.

Library: WMSServerTypeLib.dll.

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

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