<jvanderhulst@v...> wrote in message
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> Ok thanks, that has brought me through the syntax check. But now I get
>
> Error Type:
> Microsoft VBScript runtime (0x800A01B6)
> Object doesn't support this property or method
> /SAPReceiveIDOC/XML-izeRequesttoHTTP.asp, line 41
>
> and line 41 is the line that reads
> oPI = objXMLdoc.createProcessingInstruction("xml", "version=""1.0""
> encoding=""UTF-8""")
>

That's my fault.  Should be:-

Set oPI = ....

(Mutters underbreath re: stupid Set keyword in VB).

> I moved it up by the way as a child of the top node, as you suggested.
>
> My piece of code is now like this:
>
> -------------
>
> set objXMLdoc = Server.CreateObject ("MSXML2.DOMDocument.3.0")
>
> objXMLdoc.async = False
> objXMLdoc.validateonParse = false
> objXMLdoc.preserveWhiteSpace = false
> objXMLdoc.resolveExternals = false
>
> Dim oPI
> oPI = objXMLdoc.createProcessingInstruction("xml", "version=""1.0""
> encoding=""UTF-8""")
> objXMLdoc.appendChild(oPI)
>
> ' ------------------ Create the root node named Message
> set objXMLroot = objXMLdoc.createElement("Message")
> objXMLdoc.appendChild(objXMLroot)
>
> --------------
>
> So there are 2 children on the top level. Is that how this should be
> done ?

Yes the top level can have a number of nodes but only one of them may be an
element, that is the document root.

> What can this error be ?

The processingInstruction object doesn't have a default property which due
to my omission of the Set keyword VB is misguided into looking for.



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Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET