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so i can't use the xmldom? &nbsp;I know some about the xmldom, but am stuck on how to use it to bubble up and find the first instance. &nbsp;I was hoping someone might know how to write a loop that would stop when it finds the matching node. &nbsp;Will give it a day in case any answers come in; if not will award points. &nbsp;The jscript idea might help.
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so i can't use the xmldom?  I know some about the xmldom, but am stuck on how to use it to bubble up and find the first instance.  I was hoping someone might know how to write a loop that would stop when it finds the matching node.  Will give it a day in case any answers come in; if not will award points.  The jscript idea might help.

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in vb script is there a way to find the closest instance of a node working up the node tree, similar to closest in jquery.<br />
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&lt;xml&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;outer attr=&quot;thisattr&quot;&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;mid&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;inner&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;inner&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;/mid&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &lt;/outer&gt;<br />
&lt;/xml&gt;<br />
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something like this...<br />
foundnode = closest(node, &quot;outer[@thisattr]&quot;)<br />
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Function closest(node,addr)<br />
' what would go here to find the closest.<br />
'I am thining some sort of do while loop, but don't know<br />
End Function
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in vb script is there a way to find the closest instance of a node working up the node tree, similar to closest in jquery.


<xml>
   <outer attr="thisattr">
     <mid>
         <inner>
         <inner>
     </mid>
  </outer>
</xml>

something like this...
foundnode = closest(node, "outer[@thisattr]")

Function closest(node,addr)
' what would go here to find the closest.
'I am thining some sort of do while loop, but don't know
End Function

closest method in vb script xml

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