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maxOccurs Property
Returns a variant of type VT_BSTR that indicates the maximum number of times an item can occur in the current context of a document. If MaxOccurs returns 0, the schema item should not appear. If maxOccurs returns UNBOUNDED(-1), the number of appearances of the schema item is unlimited.
Example
The following is an example of the maxOccurs attribute used in a schema.
<schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<complexType name="someelement">
<choice>
<element name="book" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="4"/>
<element name="magazine" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
</choice>
</complexType>
</schema>
[Script]
Implementation Syntax
var varMaxOccurs = oISchemaParticle.maxOccurs;
Parameters
None.
Return Values
- varMaxOccurs
- A variant. The maximum number of times this item can appear in an instance document of this XML Schema document. If the
maxOccursproperty is unbounded (-1), there is no limit to the number of occurrences.
[Visual Basic]
Implementation Syntax
varMaxOccurs = oISchemaParticle.maxOccurs
Parameters
None.
Return Values
- varMaxOccurs
- A variant. The maximum number of times this item can appear in an instance document of this XML Schema document. If the
maxOccursproperty is unbounded (-1), there is no limit to the number of occurrences.
[C/C++]
Implementation Syntax
HRESULT get_maxOccurs(VARIANT* maxOccurs);
Parameters
- maxOccurs [out,retval]
- A variant. The maximum number of times this item can occur in an instance document of this XML Schema document.
Return Values
- S_OK
- The value returned if successful.
- E_POINTER
- The value returned if the
maxOccursparameter is NULL.
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See Also
ISchemaParticle minOccurs Property | element Element
Applies to: ISchemaParticle Interface