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Chapter 17 - File Objects / File Objects Reference

File Objects Routines / Managing Unknown Objects

Q3Unknown_GetType

You can use the Q3Unknown_GetType function to get the type of an unknown object.

TQ3ObjectType Q3Unknown_GetType (TQ3UnknownObject unknownObject);

unknownObject

An unknown object.

DESCRIPTION

The Q3Unknown_GetType function returns, as its function result, the type of the unknown object specified by the unknownObject parameter. If successful, Q3Unknown_GetType returns one of these constants:

kQ3UnknownTypeBinary
kQ3UnknownTypeText

If the type cannot be determined or is invalid, Q3Unknown_GetType returns the value kQ3ObjectTypeInvalid.