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This method finds an attribute by namespace name and returns the attribute's type, as declared in the document type definition (DTD) or schema. If a DTD or schema does not exist or the schema type does not map directly to a DTD attribute type, the return value is "CDATA".

Syntax 

HRESULT getTypeFromName(
  const wchar_t* 
pwchUri, 
  int 
cchUri,
  const wchar_t* 
pwchLocalName, 
  int 
cchLocalName, 
  const wchar_t** 
ppwchType,
  int* 
pcchType
);

Parameters

pwchUri

[in] Pointer to the namespace URI or, if the namespace has no URI, an empty string.

cchUri

[in] Length of the namespace URI string.

pwchLocalName

[in] Pointer to the local name of the attribute.

cchLocalName

[in] Length of the local name string.

ppwchType

[out] Pointer to the pointer to the returned type of the attribute.

pcchType

[out] Pointer to the length of the attribute-type string.

Return Value

S_OK

Returned if the attribute type is returned successfully.

E_INVALIDARG

Returned if an invalid index or no matching attribute is found.

E_FAIL

Returned if an internal error is reported.

Remarks

The returned attribute can be, but is not limited to, one of the following types: CDATA, ID, IDREF, IDREFS, NMTOKEN, NMTOKENS, ENTITY, or ENTITIES.

Requirements

Header msxml2.h, msxml2.idl
Library uuid.lib
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also