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

particles Property

Returns a collection of some combination of the following objects: ISchemaElement, ISchemaModelGroup, and ISchemaAny.

The types of items in the collection are specified in the itemType property of the ISchemaItem interface. The following table shows each itemType and its corresponding collection content.

ISchema.itemType value Content objects
SOMITEM_ALL A collection of one or more ISchemaElement objects.
SOMITEM_CHOICE A collection of one or more of the following objects: ISchemaElement, ISchemaModelGroup, and ISchemaAny. Each of these objects can occur zero or more times in the collection.
SOMITEM_SEQUENCE A collection of one or more of the following objects: ISchemaElement, ISchemaModelGroup, and ISchemaAny. Each of these objects can occur zero or more times in the collection.

[Script]

Implementation Syntax

var oParticles = oISchemaModelGroup.particles;

Parameters

None.

Return Values

oParticles
An object. The ISchemaItemCollection object of one or more of the following objects: ISchemaElement, ISchemaModelGroup, and ISchemaAny, if any.
[Visual Basic]

Implementation Syntax

Set oParticles = oISchemaModelGroup.particles

Parameters

None.

Return Values

oParticles
An object. The ISchemaItemCollection object of one or more of the following objects: ISchemaElement, ISchemaModelGroup, and ISchemaAny, if any.
[C/C++]

Implementation Syntax

HRESULT get_particles(ISchemaItemCollection** particles);

Parameters

particles [out,retval]
An object. The ISchemaItemCollection object of one or more of the following objects: ISchemaElement, ISchemaModelGroup, and ISchemaAny, if any.

Return Values

S_OK
The value returned if successful.
E_POINTER
The value returned if the particles object is NULL
E_FAIL
The value returned if something else is wrong.

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See Also

ISchemaElement Interface | ISchemaComplexType contentModel Property | ISchemaAny Interface | ISchemaItem itemType Property

Applies to: ISchemaModelGroup Interface