Ch18/IEXmlDomExample.htm

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>IE XML DOM Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <p>This example is known to work only in Internet Explorer.</p>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    
        function createDocument(){
            if (typeof arguments.callee.activeXString != "string"){
                var versions = ["MSXML2.DOMDocument.6.0", "MSXML2.DOMDocument.3.0",
                                "MSXML2.DOMDocument"];
        
                for (var i=0,len=versions.length; i < len; i++){
                    try {
                        var xmldom = new ActiveXObject(versions[i]);
                        arguments.callee.activeXString = versions[i];
                        return xmldom;
                    } catch (ex){
                        //skip
                    }
                }
            }
        
            return new ActiveXObject(arguments.callee.activeXString);
        }
        
        var xmldom = createDocument();
        xmldom.loadXML("<root><child/></root>");
        
        alert(xmldom.documentElement.tagName);  //"root"
        alert(xmldom.documentElement.firstChild.tagName); //"child"
        
        var anotherChild = xmldom.createElement("child");
        xmldom.documentElement.appendChild(anotherChild);
        
        var children = xmldom.getElementsByTagName("child");
        alert(children.length);   //2        
        
        alert(xmldom.xml);
        
    </script>
</body>
</html>