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prefix Property
Returns the namespace prefix.
[Script]
Script Syntax
strValue = oXMLDOMNode.prefix;
[Visual Basic]
Visual Basic Syntax
strValue = oXMLDOMNode.prefix
[C/C++]
C/C++ Syntax
HRESULT get_prefix(
BSTR *prefixString);
Parameters
- prefixString [out, retval]
- The namespace prefix specified on the element, attribute, or entity reference. For example, for the element <xxx:yyy>, it returns xxx. It returns an empty string, "", if no prefix is specified.
C/C++ Return Values
- S_OK
- The value returned if successful.
- S_FALSE
- The value returned when there is no prefix.
- E_INVALIDARG
- The value returned if the
prefixStringparameter is Null.
Remarks
String. The property is read-only. It returns the namespace prefix specified. For example, for the element <xxx:yyy>, it returns "xxx". It returns an empty string, "", if no prefix is specified.
This member is an extension of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM).
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See Also
Applies to: IXMLDOMAttribute | IXMLDOMCDATASection | IXMLDOMCharacterData | IXMLDOMComment | DOMDocument | IXMLDOMDocumentFragment | DOMDocumentType | IXMLDOMElement | IXMLDOMEntity | IXMLDOMEntityReference | IXMLDOMNode | IXMLDOMNotation | IXMLDOMProcessingInstruction | IXMLDOMText