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How to change the nodeType of XML document from DOCUMENT to ELEMENT

I used XMLDOM to create a document (#1). I used Load("string"). With another XML document (#2), I want to append the first XMLDOM, but I get an error stating "This operation can not be performed with a Node of type DOCUMENT." How can I change the node to type ELEMENT (1)?

oDOM2 = Createobject(MSXML2.DOMDocument)
<bunch of code and other things go here...>

oDOM1 = Createobject(MSXML2.DOMDocument)
oDOM1.Load("<SomeXML><MoreXML></MoreXML></SomeXML>")
oDOM2.appendChild(oDOM1) -->Error

If i use the DOM object to create the object with createElement and addChild, with that fix the problem?

Solution

  • I figured out one way to handle this. After I have completed my document #1, then I can select a single node (the root) into a new DOM object. It works for my purpose.

    oDOM2 = Createobject(MSXML2.DOMDocument)
<bunch of code and other things go here...>

oDOM1 = Createobject(MSXML2.DOMDocument)
oDOM1.Load("<SomeXML><MoreXML></MoreXML></SomeXML>")
oDOMTemp = oDOM1.selectSingleNode("//SomeXML")

oDOM2.appendChild(oDOMTemp)

    Is there a better way?