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indent Property
Sets whether to indent output. When set to True, this property requires output to be indented (or "pretty printed") to reflect the nesting structure of the document.
Usage Syntax
oMXXMLWriter.indent = boolValue boolValue = oMXXMLWriter.indent
Remarks
Boolean. Read/write. The general rules of indentation are: XML headers and root elements start on a new line with a zero indent; element content, including leading and trailing white spaces, is not changed in any way.
Example
The following example creates a simple HTML document and indents it for "pretty-printing."
Dim wrt As New MXHTMLWriter50 Dim cnth As IVBSAXContentHandler Dim atrs As New SAXAttributes50 Set cnth = wrt wrt.indent = True cnth.startDocument cnth.startElement "", "", "html", atrs cnth.startElement "", "", "body", atrs cnth.characters "This is a test" cnth.endElement "", "", "body" cnth.endElement "", "", "html" MsgBox wrt.output
Results
<html>
<body>This is a test
</body>
</html>
Syntax
[propput] HRESULT indent ( [in] VARIANT_BOOL fIndentMode);
[propget] HRESULT indent ( [out, retval] VARIANT_BOOL * fIndentMode);
Parameters
- fIndentMode
- A Boolean expression (True/False) specifying whether the feature is on or off.
Return Values
- S_OK
- The value returned if no errors are reported.
Remarks
The default of this property depends on the implementation. The general rules of indentation are: XML headers and root elements start on a new line with a zero indent; element content, including leading and trailing white spaces, is not changed in any way.
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See Also
IMXWriter Interface | MXXMLWriter CoClass
Applies to: MXHTMLWriter CoClass