Script Syntax

boolValue = oXMLDOMNode.specified;

Example

The following script example creates an IXMLDOMNode from the specified item in an IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap. It then displays whether or not the attribute was specified in the element, rather than in a DTD or schema.

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var currNode;
var objNamedNodeMap;
var myNode;
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.load("books.xml");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode != 0) {
   var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError;
   alert("You have error " + myErr.reason);
} else {
   currNode = xmlDoc.documentElement.childNodes.item(0);
   objNamedNodeMap = currNode.attributes;
   myNode = objNamedNodeMap.item(0);
   alert(myNode.specified);
}

Visual Basic Syntax

boolValue = oXMLDOMNode.specified

Example

The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example creates an IXMLDOMNode from the specified item in an IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap. It then displays whether or not the attribute was specified in the element, rather than in a DTD or schema.

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim currNode As IXMLDOMNode
Dim objNamedNodeMap As IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap
Dim myNode As IXMLDOMNode
xmlDoc.async = False
xmlDoc.Load ("books.xml")
If (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) Then
   Dim myErr
   Set myErr = xmlDoc.parseError
   MsgBox("You have error " & myErr.reason)
Else
   Set currNode = xmlDoc.documentElement.childNodes.Item(0)
   Set objNamedNodeMap = currNode.Attributes
   Set myNode = objNamedNodeMap.Item(0)
   MsgBox myNode.specified
End If

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_specified(
    VARIANT_BOOL *isSpecified);

Parameters

isSpecified [out, retval]

True if the attribute is explicitly specified in the element; False if the attribute value comes from the DTD or schema.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

The value returned if successful.

E_INVALIDARG

The value returned if the isSpecified parameter is Null.