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Chapter 10 - Scripting Components / Scripting Components Reference

Routines Used by Scripting Components / Manipulating Trailers for Generic Storage Descriptor Records

OSAGetStorageType

You can use the OSAGetStorageType function to retrieve the scripting component subtype from the script trailer appended to the script data in a generic storage descriptor record.

FUNCTION OSAGetStorageType(scriptData: Handle; 
                           VAR type: DescType): OSErr;

scriptData

A handle to the script data.

type

The descriptor type specified in the script data trailer.

DESCRIPTION

The OSAGetStorageType function retrieves the scripting component subtype from the trailer. If no trailer can be found, OSAGetStorageType returns the error errOSABadStorageType.

RESULT CODES

noErr	0	No error
errOSASystemError	-1750	General scripting system error
errOSABadStorageType	-1752	Bad storage type

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