createProcessingInstruction Method

Creates a ProcessingInstruction node that contains the supplied target and data.

Syntax

objDOMProcessingInstruction  = oDOMDocument.createProcessingInstruction(target, data)

Parameters

target

String specifying the target part of the processing instruction. Supplies the nodeName property of the new object.

data

String specifying the rest of the processing instruction preceding the closing ?> characters. Supplies the nodeValue property for the new object.

Object. Returns the new IDOMProcessingInstruction object.

Remarks

For example, to generate the processing instruction <?XML version="1.0"?>, specify the target string XML and the data string version="1.0".

Although this method creates the new object in the context of this document, this method does not automatically add the new object to the document tree. In other words, although the ownerDocument property of the new node points to this document object, the parentNode property is set to NULL. You must explicitly call one of the node insert methods—insertBefore, replaceChild, or appendChild—to add the new object.

The new object's nodeType property has the value NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION.

Applies To

IDOMDocument, IXMLDOMDocument

See Also

IDOMProcessingInstruction

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