Method: IsKindOf for StringBlock

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Checks whether a StringBlock object is a certain type.

bIsKindOf = Object.IsKindOf(Type)

Object

StringBlock
Object with this method

Type

Specifies the block type to be checked.
Enumeration with the following selection terms:

0 - eBinaryBlock	BinaryBlock type object
1 - eStringBlock	StringBlock type object
2 - eFixedWidthBlock	FixedWidthBlock type object
3 - eCellBlock	CellBlock type object

bIsKindOf

Boolean
The value is TRUE if the block is the specified type.

The following example checks the block type and sets the block length according to this block type:

If oBlock.IsKindOf(eBinaryBlock) Then
  oBlock.BlockLength = -1
ElseIf oBlock.IsKindOf(eStringBlock) Then
  oBlock.BlockLength = 20
End If

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