IXMLDOMDocument::doctype Method

IXMLDOMDocument::get_doctype Method

Contains the document type node that specifies the DTD for this document.

Visual Basic Syntax

Set objXMLDOMDocumentType = oXMLDOMDocument.doctype

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_doctype(
    IXMLDOMDocumentType **documentType);

Parameters

documentType [out]: 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.

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.