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Function name : GetBinaryType

Group: File Management - Library: kernel32

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Determines whether a file is executable, and if so, what type of executable file it is. That last property determines which subsystem an executable file runs under.

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Code examples:

Using GetBinaryType (WinNT only) to determine the type of an executable file

Declaration:

BOOL GetBinaryType (
  LPCTSTR lpApplicationName,  // full file path
  LPDWORD lpBinaryType        // binary type information
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE SHORT GetBinaryType IN kernel32;
	STRING    lpApplicationName,;
	INTEGER @ lpBinaryType  

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Parameters:

lpApplicationName [in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that contains the full path of the file whose binary type the function shall determine.

lpBinaryType [out] Pointer to a variable to receive information about the executable type of the file specified by lpApplicationName.

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Return value:

If the file is executable, the return value is nonzero.

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Comments:

WinNT only.

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