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getType Method
Finds an attribute by index and returns the attribute's type, as declared in the document type definition (DTD) or schema. If there is no DTD or schema or the schema does not map directly to a DTD attribute type, the return value is "CDATA". For ambiguous names, the type from the first namespace is returned.
Implementation Syntax
Function getType(ByVal nIndex As Long) As String
Usage Syntax
StrVal = oIVBSAXAttributes.getType(nIndex)
Parameters
- nIndex
- The attribute's index value.
Return Values
If the type is unknown, returns "CDATA".
If failed, raises a trappable error.
Syntax
HRESULT getType( [in] int nIndex, [out] const wchar_t ** ppwchType [out] int * pcchType);
Parameters
- nIndex [in]
- The attribute's index value.
- ppwchType [out]
- The returned type of the attribute.
- pcchType [out]
- The length of the returned type attribute string.
Return Values
- S_OK
- The value returned if the attribute type is returned successfully.
- E_INVALIDARG
- The value returned for an invalid index or if no matching attribute is found.
- E_FAIL
- The value returned if an internal error occurs.
Remarks
The returned attribute type can be (but is not limited to) one of the following: CDATA, ID, IDREF, IDREFS, NMTOKEN, NMTOKENS, ENTITY, ENTITIES.
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See Also
getTypeFromName Method | getTypeFromQName Method
Applies to: ISAXAttributes/IVBSAXAttributes Interface