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GuessFileType method

Guesses the data format for a given file. Recognized file formats are:

  • CSV for Delimited
  • FIX for Fixed Record
  • DIF for Data Interchange Format
  • EXCEL_BIFF for Microsoft Excel (XLS)
  • EXCEL_OOXML for Microsoft Excel (XLSX)
  • HTML for HTML
  • QVD for QVD file
  • XML for XML
  • QVX for QVX file
  • JSON for JSON format
  • KML for KML file
  • PARQUET for PARQUET file

FileType

Recognized file formats are:

  • CSV for Delimited
  • FIX for Fixed Record
  • DIF for Data Interchange Format
  • EXCEL_BIFF for Microsoft Excel (XLS)
  • EXCEL_OOXML for Microsoft Excel (XLSX)
  • HTML for HTML
  • QVD for QVD file
  • XML for XML
  • QVX for QVX file
  • JSON for JSON format
  • KML for KML file
  • PARQUET for PARQUET file

Parameters

Name Description Mandatory Type
qConnectionId

Identifier of the connection file.

Yes String
qRelativePath

Path of the connection file.

No String

Returns

Name Description Type
qDataFormat

Information about the format of the data.

FileDataFormat

Access Control

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