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XMLNode.Parent Property (2007 System)

Gets a Document that represents the document containing the specified XMLNode control.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v9.0 (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v9.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<BrowsableAttribute(False)> _
Public ReadOnly Property Parent As Object
'Usage
Dim instance As XMLNode 
Dim value As Object 

value = instance.Parent
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public Object Parent { get; }
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public:
property Object^ Parent {
    Object^ get ();
}
public function get Parent () : Object

Property Value

Type: System.Object
A Document that represents the document containing the specified XMLNode control.

Examples

The following code example uses the Parent property to display the name of the parent document of an XMLNode control. This example assumes that the current document contains an XMLNode named CustomerNode.

Private Sub DisplayParentName()
    Dim document1 As Word.Document = _
        CType(Me.CustomerNode.Parent, Word.Document)
    MsgBox("The parent of '" & Me.CustomerNode.BaseName & _
        "' is named " & document1.Name)
End Sub
private void DisplayParentName()
{
    Word.Document document1 =
        (Word.Document)this.CustomerNode.Parent;

    MessageBox.Show("The parent of '" + this.CustomerNode.BaseName +
        "' is named " + document1.Name);
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

XMLNode Class

XMLNode Members

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace