OBJECTTYPE()

Class

Objects

Purpose

Function to return object file extension

Syntax

OBJECTTYPE(<memofield>)

See Also

BINCREATE(), BINCLOSE(), BINOPEN(), BINREAD(), BINWRITE(), OBJECTREAD(), OBJECTWRITE()

Description

The OBJECTTYPE() function returns the file extension of the data stored in the memo field <memofield>. The following file types are supported:

File Extension	Data
gif	GIF Image
jpg	JPG Image
au	AU Sound
avi	AVI Video
mov	MOV Video

Example

objectread('brickwall.gif',IMAGES)
? objecttype(IMAGES)
gif

Products

Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer