Indicates whether the node (usually an attribute) is explicitly specified or derived from a default value in the DTD or schema.
Visual Basic Syntax
boolValue = oXMLDOMNode.specified
C/C++ Syntax
HRESULT get_specified(
VARIANT_BOOL *isSpecified);
Parameters
isSpecified
[out]
True if the attribute is explicitly specified in the element. Returns false if the attribute value comes from the document type definition (DTD) or schema.
C/C++ Return Values
S_OK
Value returned if successful.
E_INVALIDARG
Value returned if isSpecified is null.
Remarks
This value depends on the value of the nodeType property.
| 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. |