scopeName Property

Retrieves the namespace defined for the element.

Syntax

HTML N/A
Scripting [ sName = ] object.scopeName

Possible Values

sName String�that specifies one of the following values:
HTML Default. All standard HTML tags.
scope Namespace prefix used with the custom tags. This namespace is declared in the document using the XMLNS attribute of the html element.
The property is read-only. The property has a default value of HTML.

Example

This example shows the values returned by the scopeName and tagUrn properties when used with a simple HelloWorld custom tag. The browser's status bar displays the property values.
<HTML XMLNS:InetSDK='http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop'>

<STYLE>
@media all {
   InetSDK\:HelloWorld { behavior:url (simple.htc) }
}
</STYLE>
<SCRIPT>
   function window.onload()
   {
      window.status = 'scopeName = ' + hello.scopeName +
                      '; tagUrn = '  + hello.tagUrn;
   }
</SCRIPT>
<BODY>
   <InetSDK:HelloWorld ID='hello'></InetSDK:HelloWorld>
   
</BODY>
</HTML>

Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this property.

Applies To

A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, B, BASE, BASEFONT, BDO, BGSOUND, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BR, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, COMMENT, CUSTOM, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, HEAD, hn, HR, HTML, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=hidden, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LINK, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, nextID, NOBR, NOFRAMES, NOSCRIPT, OBJECT, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, RT, RUBY, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TITLE, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, WBR, XML, XMP

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