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, address of the node of type NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE that specifies the document type definition (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 when returning null.
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.
See Also