extracting xml from xml

[YYYYUU]

I have xml as follows:

<control>
<details>
<name>
<firstname>fred</firstname>
<surname>smith</surname>
</name>
</details>
<details>
<name>
<firstname>john</firstname>
<surname>smith<surname>
</name>
</details>
<control>

I want to extract so that I have xml as follows:

<firstname>fred</firstname><firstname>john</firstname>

The original xml is first loaded into MSXML2.IXMLDOMNode

How can I do this? (I'm using vb)

 

[bboffin]

Use the cloneNode method of the IXMLDOMNode object with the Deep argument set to True to create a clone of the node.

Add the cloned object to a new DOMDocument object using appendChild and save if it you wish.

You can't add the original node because it belongs to a different DOMDocument and owes it existence to that object.