contains Method

Returns True if the IHTMLElement object specified in the pChild argument is contained within the parent object.

expression.contains(pChild)

*expression   * Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

pChild   Required IHTMLElement object.

Remarks

Use the contains method to quickly determine whether an element is contained within another element.

Example

The following example uses the contains method to determine if the active element is contained within the expense form and, if it is, inserts a paragraph. This example assumes that the active document has a FORM element named "expense."

Sub AddParagraphToForm()
    Dim objForm As FPHTMLFormElement

    Set objForm = ActiveDocument.forms.Item("expense")
    
    If objForm.contains(ActiveDocument.activeElement) Then
        ActiveDocument.activeElement.insertAdjacentHTML _
            "beforeend", "<p>This is a paragraph inside of a form.</p>"
    End If
End Sub

Applies to | FPHTMLAnchorElement Object | FPHTMLAreaElement Object | FPHTMLBaseElement Object | FPHTMLBaseFontElement Object | FPHTMLBGsound Object | FPHTMLBlockElement Object | FPHTMLBody Object | FPHTMLBRElement Object | FPHTMLButtonElement Object | FPHTMLCommentElement Object | FPHTMLDDElement Object | FPHTMLDivElement Object | FPHTMLDivPosition Object | FPHTMLDListElement Object | FPHTMLDTElement Object | FPHTMLEmbed Object | FPHTMLFieldSetElement Object | FPHTMLFontElement Object | FPHTMLFormElement Object | FPHTMLFrameBase Object | FPHTMLFrameElement Object | FPHTMLFrameSetSite Object | FPHTMLFrontPageBotElement Object | FPHTMLHeaderElement Object | FPHTMLHRElement Object | FPHTMLIFrame Object | FPHTMLImg Object | FPHTMLInputButtonElement Object | FPHTMLInputFileElement Object | FPHTMLInputHiddenElement Object | FPHTMLInputImage Object | FPHTMLInputTextElement Object | FPHTMLIsIndexElement Object | FPHTMLLabelElement Object | FPHTMLLegendElement Object | FPHTMLLIElement Object | FPHTMLLinkElement Object | FPHTMLListElement Object | FPHTMLMapElement Object | FPHTMLMarqueeElement Object | FPHTMLMetaElement Object | FPHTMLNextIdElement Object | FPHTMLNoShowElement Object | FPHTMLObjectElement Object | FPHTMLOListElement Object | FPHTMLOptionElement Object | FPHTMLParaElement Object | FPHTMLPhraseElement Object | FPHTMLScriptElement Object | FPHTMLSelectElement Object | FPHTMLSpanElement Object | FPHTMLSpanFlow Object | FPHTMLStyleElement Object | FPHTMLTable Object | FPHTMLTableCaption Object | FPHTMLTableCell Object | FPHTMLTableCol Object | FPHTMLTableRow Object | FPHTMLTableSection Object | FPHTMLTemplateRegionElement Object | FPHTMLTextAreaElement Object | FPHTMLTextElement Object | FPHTMLTitleElement Object | FPHTMLUListElement Object | FPHTMLUnknownElement Object | FPHTMLWebPartElement Object | FPHTMLWebPartZoneElement Object | FPHTMLXSLElement Object | FPHTMLXSLWebPartElement Object | IHTMLElement Object