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4/8/2010

Indicates whether the node (usually an attribute) is explicitly specified or derived from a default value in the document type definition (DTD) or schema.

Script Syntax

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boolValue = oXMLDOMNode.specified;

Remarks

Script Parameters

None.

Script Return Value

Boolean. Returns True if the attribute is explicitly specified in the element. Returns False if the attribute value comes from the DTD or schema.

C/C++ Syntax

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HRESULT get_specified(
  VARIANT_BOOL* 
isSpecified
);

Remarks

C/C++ Parameters

isSpecified

[out, retval] True if the attribute is explicitly specified in the element; False if the attribute value comes from the DTD or schema.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

Value returned if successful.

E_INVALIDARG

Value returned if isSpecifiedis Null.

Requirements

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

General Remarks

This value depends on the value of the nodeTypeproperty.

Value Description

NODE_ATTRIBUTE

Returns True if the attribute was specified directly on the element. Returns False for default attributes.

NODE_CDATA_SECTION, NODE_COMMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE, NODE_ELEMENT, NODE_ENTITY, NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE, NODE_NOTATION, NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, NODE_TEXT

Returns True.

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

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

IXMLDOMAttribute, IXMLDOMCDATASection, IXMLDOMCharacterData, IXMLDOMComment, DOMDocument, IXMLDOMDocumentFragment, IXMLDOMDocumentType, IXMLDOMElement, IXMLDOMEntity, IXMLDOMEntityReference, IXMLDOMNode, IXMLDOMNotation, IXMLDOMProcessingInstruction, IXMLDOMText, and IXTLRuntime

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