The nodeValue property contains the value of the node, depending on type. The values returned by each node type are detailed below.

• Element:    null
• Attr
  the value of the attribute
• Text
  the content of the text node
• CDATASection
  the content of the CDATA section
• EntityReference:    null
• Entity:    null
• ProcessingInstruction
  the entire content excluding the target
• Comment
  the content of the comment
• Document:    null
• DocumentType:    null
• DocumentFragment:    null
• Notation:    null

The following example uses the 'names.xml' file and obtains the node values of the last child node of the document's root node (the last 'name' tag), and that node's first child node (the text itself).

XML:
<names>
   <name>Alice</name>
   <name>Bert</name>
   <name>Charlie</name>
   <name>Diane</name>
   <name>Eric</name>
</names>

Code (VBScript):
Set objXMLDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
objXMLDoc.async = False
objXMLDoc.load("names.xml")

Set objNode = objXMLDoc.documentElement.lastChild
document.write(objNode.nodeValue)
Set objNode = objNode.firstChild
document.write("<br>" & objNode.nodeValue)

Output:
null
Eric