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4/8/2010

Returns the last child node.

Script Syntax

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var objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.lastChild;

Remarks

Script Parameters

None.

Script Return Value

Object. Last child node. If there are no children, it returns Null.

C/C++ Syntax

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HRESULT get_lastChild(
  IXMLDOMNode** 
lastChild
);

Remarks

C/C++ Parameters

lastChild

[out, retval] Last child node. If there are no children, it returns Null.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

Value returned if successful.

S_FALSE

Value returned when there are no children.

E_INVALIDARG

Value returned if lastChildis null.

Requirements

Header msxml2.h, msxml2.idl
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later

General Remarks

This value depends on the value of the nodeTypeproperty.

Value Description

NODE_ATTRIBUTE, NODE_DOCUMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE, NODE_ELEMENT, NODE_ENTITY, NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE

Returns the last child node. If there are no children, returns Null.

NODE_CDATA_SECTION, NODE_COMMENT, NODE_NOTATION, NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, NODE_TEXT

Returns Null. These node types cannot have children.

This property is read-only, and applies to the following objects and interfaces:

DOMDocument  IXMLDOMAttribute, IXMLDOMCDATASection, IXMLDOMCharacterData, IXMLDOMComment, IXMLDOMDocumentFragment, IXMLDOMDocumentType, IXMLDOMElement, IXMLDOMEntity, IXMLDOMEntityReference, IXMLDOMNode, IXMLDOMNotation, IXMLDOMProcessingInstruction, IXMLDOMText, and IXTLRuntime

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