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4/8/2010

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

Script Syntax

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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

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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 documentTypeis Null.

Requirements

Header msxml2.h, msxml2.idl
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later

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:

DOMDocumentand IXMLDOMDocumentType.