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encoding Property
Sets and gets encoding for the output.
[Visual Basic]
Usage Syntax
oMXXMLWriter.encoding = strValue strValue = oMXXMLWriter.encoding
Remarks
String. Read/write. The default string is empty, that is, UTF-16. Microsoft® Visual Basic® strings are always UTF-16 encoded. If your output is a string, the encoding parameter is ignored.
[C/C++]
Syntax
[propput] HRESULT encoding ( [in] BSTR strEncoding);
[propget] HRESULT encoding ( [out, retval] BSTR * strEncoding);
Parameters
- strEncoding
- The BSTR used to identify encoding.
Return Values
- S_OK
- The value returned if no errors are reported.
Remarks
The default string is empty, that is, UTF-16.
If your output is a string, the encoding parameter is ignored.
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See Also
Character Encoding, XML, and MSXML
Applies to: MXXMLWriter CoClass