XMLNode.ValidationStatus Property

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Word Developer Reference

Returns a WdXMLValidationStatus constant that represents whether an element or attribute is valid according to the attached schema.

Syntax

expression.ValidationStatus

expression   Required. A variable that represents a XMLNode object.

Remarks

This property can return either of the two following WdXMLValidationStatus constants.

wdXMLValidationStatusCustom Indicates that the SetValidationError method was used to set ValidationErrorText property to a custom text string.
wdXMLValidationStatusOK Indicates an XML element or attribute is valid according to the attached schema.

While these are the only two named constants the ValidationStatus property allows, there are many more unnamed values that come from the MSXML 5.0 component included with Microsoft Word. For a more complete list of possible values and their corresponding meaning, refer to the Microsoft Word XML schema reference on the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site.

Example

The following example checks each element in the active document and displays a message containing the elements that do not validate according to the schema and a description of why.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Dim objNode As XMLNode
Dim strValid As String

For Each objNode In ActiveDocument.XMLNodes
objNode.Validate
If objNode.ValidationStatus <> wdXMLValidationStatusOK Then
strValid = strValid & objNode.BaseName & vbTab & _
objNode.ValidationErrorText & vbCrLf
End If
Next


MsgBox "The following elements do not validate against " & _
"the schema." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & strValid & vbCrLf & _
"You should fix these elements before continuing."

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