prefix Property

Returns the namespace prefix.

[Script]

Script Syntax

strValue = oXMLDOMNode.prefix;

[Visual Basic]

Visual Basic Syntax

strValue = oXMLDOMNode.prefix

[C/C++]

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_prefix(
    BSTR *prefixString);

Parameters

prefixString [out, retval]: The namespace prefix specified on the element, attribute, or entity reference. For example, for the element <xxx:yyy>, it returns xxx. It returns an empty string, "", if no prefix is specified.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK: The value returned if successful.
S_FALSE: The value returned when there is no prefix.
E_INVALIDARG: The value returned if the prefixString parameter is Null.

Remarks

String. The property is read-only. It returns the namespace prefix specified. For example, for the element <xxx:yyy>, it returns "xxx". It returns an empty string, "", if no prefix is specified.

This member is an extension of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM).

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