Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 5.0 for Microsoft Office - SAX2 Reference

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.

[Visual Basic]

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.

[C/C++]

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