# XDocuments Property

A read-only property that returns a reference to the XDocuments collection.

expression.XDocuments

expression Required. An expression that returns a reference to the Application object.

## Security Level

0: Can be accessed without restrictions.

## Remarks

After you have set a reference to the XDocuments collection, you can use its properties to access each of the XDocument objects that it contains.

## Example

In the following example, the XDocuments property is used to access the Count property of the XDocuments collection and display the value in a message box:

    XDocument.UI.Alert("Count of XDocuments: " + Application.XDocuments.Count);

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