how can we remove an attribute from IXMLDOMNodePtr??? - XML SOAP

Proper way is to use QueryInterface() to get an interface pointer to
IXMLDOMElement. Even it works for you, it can change in the future since it
is an implementation detail.

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S. Huseyin Ulger [MSFT]
MSXML Dev


"Alamelu" wrote:

> wanted to remove "Name" attribute from the below tag, but i am only having
> IXMLDOMNode pointer and not IXMLDOMElement pointer of "Option".
> removeAttribute method is only available in IXMLDOMElement interface.
>
> <Option Name="ABCD">0</Option>
>
> I tried the below code and it works properly,but my concern is if it is
> correct to just assign pOptionNode to pTempElement.
>
> MSXML2::IXMLDOMElementPtr pTempElement = pOptionNode; //pOptionsNode is
> IXMLDOMNode of
> "Options".Is this right to do?
> _bstr_t bstrName = "Name";
> hRes = pTempElement->removeAttribute(bstrName);
>
> If assigning IXMLDOMNodePtr to IXMLDOMElementPtr is incorrect? how can we
> remove an attribute from the available IXMLDOMNodePtr???
>
> Regards,
> Alamelu N