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XMLNode.ValidationStatus property (Word)

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.

Constant Description
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 don't validate according to the schema and a description of why.

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 don't validate against " & _ 
 "the schema." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & strValid & vbCrLf & _ 
 "You should fix these elements before continuing."

See also

XMLNode Object

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