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Programming With the Appearance Manager


IsValidAppearanceFileType

Returns whether the system can interpret files of a given file type as appearance files.

pascal Boolean IsValidAppearanceFileType (
                     OSType fileType);
fileType
A four-character code. Pass the file type to be examined.
function result
A value of type Boolean . If true , files of the specified file type can be used as appearance files; otherwise, false .
DISCUSSION

Under Appearance Manager 1.1, only the 'thme' and 'pltn' file types, described in Appearance Manager File Type Constants , are valid appearance file types. Your application typically does not need to call this function.

VERSION NOTES

Available with Appearance Manager 1.1 and later.


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