Inside XML

Editing XML Documents with Internet Explorer

You can alter the contents of an XML document in Internet Explorer. To do this, you use methods such s createElement, insertBefore, createTextNode, and appendChild.

As an example, I'll alter the document meetings.xml by inserting a new element, <MEETING_CHAIR>, like this:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<MEETINGS>
   <MEETING TYPE="informal">
       <MEETING_CHAIR>Ted Bond</MEETING_CHAIR>
       <MEETING_TITLE>XML In The Real World</MEETING_TITLE>
       <MEETING_NUMBER>2079</MEETING_NUMBER>
       <SUBJECT>XML</SUBJECT>
       <DATE>6/1/2002</DATE>
       <PEOPLE>
           <PERSON ATTENDANCE="present">
               <FIRST_NAME>Edward</FIRST_NAME>
               <LAST_NAME>Samson</LAST_NAME>
           </PERSON>
            .
            .
            .

I begin by creating the new node, corresponding to the <MEETING_CHAIR> element, ...