createElement(tagName)

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

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

  root = xmlDoc.documentElement;

  newElem = xmlDoc.createElement("preparedby"); 

  root.childNodes.item(0).appendChild(newElem);

  root.childNodes.item(0).lastChild.text = "Yehuda Shiran";

  function addElement() {
    var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument");
    var root;
    var newElem;
    xmlDoc.async = false;
    xmlDoc.load("mydvd.xml");
    alert(xmlDoc.documentElement.xml);
    root = xmlDoc.documentElement;
    newElem = xmlDoc.createElement("preparedby");
    root.childNodes.item(0).appendChild(newElem);
    root.childNodes.item(0).lastChild.text = "Yehuda Shiran";
    alert(xmlDoc.documentElement.xml);
  }

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