GetFormatAttribute

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The GetFormatAttribute transaction allows you to retrieve an attribute for a given file format. Currently, the OTG COLD and TW COLD file formats are the only ones supported by this transaction.

Type  XTYP_REQUEST

Syntax [GetFormatAttribute(formatID, tag)]

Parameter

Data type

Values

Meaning

formatID

WORD

528

535

OTG COLD format

TW COLD format

tag

WORD

tag ID

For a definition of the tags, click COLD file format tags and values

Reply

DType

Values

Meaning

tag valueID

WORD

value ID

For a definition of the tag values, click COLD file format tags and values

Release information

Added in Release 4.33.

Modified in Release 4.5 to also support the TW COLD format.

See also

Defining COLD-format files