createElement Method

Creates a new IHTMLElement object that represents an HTML element based on the specified argument.

expression   Required. An expression that returns a DispFPHTMLDocument object.

eTag  Required. A String that represents the new HTML tag type.

Remarks

Only new <IMG> and <OPTION> element tags can be created. Before they can be used, new objects must be explicitly added to their respective collections.

Example

The following example creates a new <P> element. The <P> element corresponds to the HTML paragraph tag.

Sub CreateElement()
'Creates a new element

    Dim objDoc As DispFPHTMLDocument
    Dim objTag As IHTMLElement

    Set objDoc = FrontPage.ActiveDocument
    'Create new tag
    Set objTag = objDoc.CreateElement("P")
    objDoc.body.innerHTML = objDoc.body.innerHTML & objTag.outerHTML

End Sub

The following example creates a new <IMG> tag without creating a new object to reference it.

 Sub NewElement()
 'Creates a new <IMG> element

    Dim objDoc As DispFPHTMLDocument

    Set objDoc = FrontPage.ActiveDocument
    'Create new IMG tag
   objDoc.body.innerHTML = objDoc.body.innerHTML & _
                           objDoc.createElement (eTag:="IMG").outerHTML

End Sub