FileType()

File_Type()

PURPOSE

The file_type() function will return the file type in a Char.

PARTS

1 f/c/e

Required - The file number/handle to be checked.

RETURN TYPE - A

TYPE	TDFXBC - The type of file being opened. The options are: T - TAS Professional, D - dBASEIII+ (non-CodeBase), F - Fixed length records (SDF), X - Text type, B - non-TAS Professional Btrieve files and C - Codebase

Example

filetype:

define F_type type a size 1

define data_hndl type i

openv 'data' fnum data_hndl

F_type = file_type(data_hndl)

if F_type = 'C' then msg 'Codebase'

if f_type = 'T' then msg 'Btrieve'

if f_type = 'B' Then msg 'Non-Tas'

ret

COMMENTS

The Return Char should correspond to the type option from the open commands.