COM Objects > TracksBoard object > Methods > TracksBoard.ItemTypeGet method

Remarks

Clones the given item, eventually keeping all or some of its current settings.

For details about the use of the TracksBoard refer to the How to use the TracksBoard to visually compose songs tutorial.

For further details about methods of the TracksBoard refer to the TracksBoard object section.

Syntax

[Visual Basic]

control.TracksBoard.ItemTypeGet (

nUniqueId as Long,

[C++]

short control.TracksBoard.ItemTypeGet (

long nUniqueId,

long *nType

);

Parameter

Description

nUniqueId

Unique identification number assigned to the sound item after being generated by one of the following methods:

•	TracksBoard.ItemSoundFileAdd and TracksBoard.ItemSoundFileRawAdd for sound files

•	TracksBoard.ItemSpeechFromStringAdd and TracksBoard.ItemSpeechFromFileAdd for text to speech items

•	TracksBoard.ItemClone when an existing item has been cloned

nType

Reference that, after returning from the method call, will contain the type of item.

Supported values are the following:

Mnemonic value	Value	Meaning
TRACKSBOARD_ITEM_TYPE_SOUNDFILE	0	Sound file item added by a previous call to one between the TracksBoard.ItemSoundFileAdd or TracksBoard.ItemClone methods
TRACKSBOARD_ITEM_TYPE_SOUNDFILE_RAW	1	Sound file item in RAW format added by a previous call to one between the TracksBoard.ItemSoundFileRawAdd or TracksBoard.ItemClone methods
TRACKSBOARD_ITEM_TYPE_TEXT_TO_SPEECH	2	Sound item generated by Text To Speech added by a previous call to one between the TracksBoard.ItemSpeechFromStringAdd or TracksBoard.ItemSpeechFromFileAdd or TracksBoard.ItemClone methods
TRACKSBOARD_ITEM_VERTICAL_LINE	3	Vertical line added by a previous call to the TracksBoard.VerticalLineAdd method

Return value

Value	Meaning

Negative value	An error occurred, check the LastError property value in order to get the error code
enumErrorCodes.ERR_NOERROR (0)	The method call was successful