XMLNode.Attributes property (Word)

Returns an XMLNodes collection that represents the attributes for the specified element.

Syntax

expression. Attributes

expression Required. A variable that represents a 'XMLNode' object.

Remarks

All XMLNode objects in the XMLNodes collection returned by using the Attributes property have a NodeType property value of wdXMLNodeAttribute.

Example

The following example adds the author attribute to the book element in the active document and then sets the value of the attribute.

Sub AddIDAttribute() 
 Dim objElement As XMLNode 
 Dim objAttribute As XMLNode 
 
 For Each objElement In ActiveDocument.XMLNodes 
 If objElement.NodeType = wdXMLNodeElement Then 
 If objElement.BaseName = "book" Then 
 
 Set objAttribute = objElement.Attributes _ 
 .Add("author", objElement.NamespaceURI) 
 
 objAttribute.NodeValue = "David Barber" 
 
 Exit For 
 End If 
 End If 
 Next 
End Sub

See also

XMLNode Object

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