DeviceDescription2 element

The DeviceDescription2 element specifies additional descriptive information about the device. The primary descriptive information about the device is specified by the DeviceDescription1 element.

Usage

<DeviceDescription2>
  text
</DeviceDescription2>

Attributes

There are no attributes.

Text value

A string that contains up to 1024 printable characters.

Child elements

There are no child elements.

Parent elements

Element Description

DeviceInfo

The DeviceInfo element is the parent element of the DeviceInfo XML schema.

XSD

<xs:element name="DeviceDescription2" type="tns:DeviceDescriptionType" minOccurs="0" />

Remarks

The data type for the DeviceDescription2 element is the DeviceDescriptionType XML simple type. A string of up to 1024 printable characters can be used for the descriptive information for the device.

Note  The information specified through the DeviceDescription1 and DeviceDescription2 elements must be considered discrete informational strings that describe the device. Starting with Windows 7, depending on the UI context, the Devices and Printers may append the two strings or the two strings may appear in different panes on the same page.

The DeviceDescription2 element is optional.

See also

DeviceInfo XML Schema

DeviceDescription1

DeviceDescriptionType

DeviceInfo

 

 

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