createAttribute(name)

Let's look at an example. First, let's read in our mydvd XML file:

  var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument");
  xmlDoc.async = false;
  xmlDoc.load("mydvd.xml");

  root = xmlDoc.documentElement;
  newAtt = xmlDoc.createAttribute("Year");

  namedNodeMap = root.attributes;

  namedNodeMap.setNamedItem(newAtt);

  function addAttribute() {
    var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument");
    var root;
    var newAtt;
    var namedNodeMap;
    xmlDoc.async = false;
    xmlDoc.load("mydvd.xml");
    alert(xmlDoc.documentElement.xml);
    root = xmlDoc.documentElement;
    newAtt = xmlDoc.createAttribute("Year");
    namedNodeMap = root.attributes;
    namedNodeMap.setNamedItem(newAtt);
    alert(xmlDoc.documentElement.xml);
}

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