... are bold. Dim document Sub Window_OnLoad() document = CreateObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument.3.0") document.setProperty "SelectionLanguage", "XPath" document.async ... comment line: Set document = CreateObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument.3.0") document.setProperty "SelectionLanguage", "XPath" document.async = False document.load("pets.xml") ... which axis contains which nodes of the XML document. More complex documents take more time to interpret. Introduction Types of axes 14 Module 6: Using XPath to Navigate a Tree of Nodes ...