doctype Property (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

Contains the document type node that specifies the document type definition (DTD) for this document.

Script Syntax

var objXMLDOMDocumentType = oXMLDOMDocument.doctype;

Remarks

Script Parameters

None.

Script Return Value

For XML, the address of the node of type NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE that specifies the DTD. Returns Null for XML documents without a DTD and for HTML documents.

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_doctype(
  IXMLDOMDocumentType** documentType
);

Remarks

C/C++ Parameters

• documentType
  [out, retval] For XML, the address of the node of type NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE that specifies the DTD. Returns Null for XML documents without a DTD and for HTML documents.

C/C++ Return Values

• S_OK
  Value returned if successful.

• S_FALSE
  Value returned when there is no doctype node.

• E_INVALIDARG
  Value returned if documentType is Null.

Requirements

General Remarks

An XML document can contain a document type declaration before the first element in the document. It starts with the tag <!DOCTYPE> and can specify an external DTD.

This property is read-only, and applies to the following objects and interfaces:

DOMDocument and IXMLDOMDocumentType.

See Also

Reference

XML DOM Properties