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Parameter Data Type

This atom defines the type of the data for this parameter. It contains data in the following structure:

typedef struct
{
    OSType  dataType;
}
dataType
This field contains the type of the value that is stored in this parameter. This can be one of the following values:

kParameterTypeDataText
- editable text item

kParameterTypeDataLong - integer value

kParameterTypeDataEnum
- enumerated lookup value

kParameterTypeDataFixed
- fixed point value

kParameterTypeDataDouble - IEEE 64 bit floating point value

kParameterTypeDataBitField
- bit field (Boolean) value

kParameterTypeDataRGBValue
- RGBColor data

kParameterTypeDataImage
- reference to an image

This atom is required.


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