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minOccurs Property
Returns a variant of type VT_BSTR that represents the minimum number of times that an item can occur in a document. A value of zero indicates that the item is optional.
Example
The following is an example of the minOccurs attribute used in an XML 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 varMinOccurs = oISchemaParticle.minOccurs;
Parameters
None.
Return Values
- varMinOccurs
- A variant. The minimum number of times the item can appear in an instance document of this XML Schema document. Zero is returned if the item is optional.
[Visual Basic]
Implementation Syntax
varMinOccurs = oISchemaParticle.minOccurs
Parameters
None.
Return Values
- varMinOccurs
- A variant. The minimum number of times the item can appear in an instance document of this XML Schema document. Zero is returned if the item is optional.
[C/C++]
Implementation Syntax
HRESULT get_minOccurs(VARIANT* minOccurs);
Parameters
- minOccurs [out,retval]
- A variant. The minimum number of times the item can appear in an instance document of this XML Schema document. Zero is returned if the item is optional.
Return Values
- S_OK
- The value returned if successful.
- E_POINTER
- The value returned if the
minOccursparameter is NULL.
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See Also
ISchemaParticle maxOccurs Property | element Element
Applies to: ISchemaParticle Interface