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 IDtmDocumentation::GetDocumentation() method information


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4.3.6.1 IDtmDocumentation::GetDocumentation()


This method can be called in the states:            

HRESULT GetDocumentation (
[in] FdtXmlDocument functionCall,
[out, retval] FdtXmlDocument* result
);


Description:
Returns the device specific documentation according to the function call as XML document.

Parameters:
functionCallXML document containing the function id for the requested document specified by the DTMFunctionCallSchema


Return Value:
resultXML document containing the requested documentation specified by the DTMDocumentationSchema


Behavior:
This method returns an XML-Document which can be used directly for documentation purposes. The format of this document is defined by the passed function call id, which is available via IDtm::GetFunctions() Only functions with the attribute ‘printable’ = TRUE will be supported. The Frame Application can use a XSL style sheet to transform the returned XML document to HTML. Nesting DTM specific style sheets can be used to transform the XML document into a DTM specifc HTML.Within these nested style sheets also hyperlinks to additional documents or into the World Wide Web can be placed.

Comments:
For an example style sheet please have a look to DTMDocumentationStyle.xsl. Refer to chapter 13.1




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