Adobe Dreamweaver API Reference CS5 - Manual (Page 255)

250 DREAMWEAVER API REFERENCE
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Last updated 8/27/2013
• The style elements that do not have a type attribute and cannot be fixed
• The img elements that do not have an alt attribute and cannot be fixed
• The area elements that do not have an alt attribute and cannot be fixed
dom.convertToXHTML()
Availability
Dreamweaver MX.
Description
Parses the HTML into a DOM tree, inserts missing items that are required for XHTML, cleans up the tree, and then
writes the tree as clean XHTML. The missing directives, declarations, elements, and attributes that the
convertToXHTML() function adds to the DOM tree, as necessary, include the following items:
• An XML directive
• A doctype declaration
• The xmlns attribute in the html element
• A head section
• A title element
• A body section
During the conversion, the dom.convertToXHTML() function converts pure HTML tags and attributes to lowercase,
writes HTML tags and attributes with correct XHTML syntax, and adds missing HTML attributes where it can. This
function treats third-party tags and attributes according to the settings in the Preferences dialog box.
If the document is a template, the dom.convertToXHTML() function alerts the user but does not perform the
conversion.
Arguments
None.
Returns
An array of six integers that quantify the following items:
• XHTML errors that Dreamweaver fixed
• The map elements that do not have an id attribute and cannot be fixed
• The script elements that do not have a type attribute and cannot be fixed
• The style elements that do not have a type attribute and cannot be fixed
• The img elements that do not have an alt attribute and cannot be fixed
• The area elements that do not have an alt attribute and cannot be fixed