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This method finds an attribute by index and returns the attribute's type, as declared in the document type definition (DTD) or schema. If there is no DTD or schema or the schema type does not map directly to a DTD attribute type, the return value is "CDATA". For ambiguous names, the type from the first namespace is returned.

Syntax 

HRESULT getType(
  int 
nIndex, 
  const wchar_t** 
ppwchType,
  int* 
pcchType
);

Parameters

nIndex

[in] Attribute's index value.

ppwchType

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

pcchType

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

Return Value

S_OK

Returned if the attribute type is returned successfully.

E_INVALIDARG

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

E_FAIL

Returned if an internal error occurs.

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