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Chapter 17 - File Objects / File Objects Reference

File Objects Routines / Accessing Objects Directly

Q3File_GetNextObjectType

You can use the Q3File_GetNextObjectType function to get the type of the next object in a file.

TQ3ObjectType Q3File_GetNextObjectType (TQ3FileObject file);

file

A file object.

DESCRIPTION

The Q3File_GetNextObjectType function returns, as its function result, the type of the next object in the file object specified by the file parameter. Depending on the type of that object, you can then call Q3File_ReadObject to read it or Q3File_SkipObject to skip it.

If an error occurs, Q3File_GetNextObjectType returns the value kQ3ObjectTypeInvalid.