Database.Type Property

The property can return any of the following BtInputDataFile constants:

btTextFile: The database is a text file. Value = 0.
btODBC: The database is an ODBC data source. Value = 1.
btSAPIdoc: The database is a SAP IDoc file. Value = 2.
btOLEDB: The database is an OLE DB data source. Value = 3.
btSQLServer: The database is a Microsoft SQL Server file. Value = 4.
btAccess: The database is a Microsoft Access file. Value = 5.
btExcel: The database is a Microsoft Excel file. Value = 6.
btInformix: The database is an IBM Informix data source. Value = 7.
btOracle: The database is an Oracle data source. Value = 8.
btAzure: The database is a Microsoft Azure SQL Database file. Value = 9.
btMySQL: The database is a MySQL data source. Value = 10.
btFirebird: The database is a Firebird data source. Value = 11.
btDB2: The database is an IBM DB2 data source. Value = 12.
btPostgreSQL: The database is a PostgreSQL data source. Value = 13.
btXML: The database is an XML file. Value = 14.
btMariaDB: The database is a MariaDB file. Value = 15.
btDataBuilder: The database is a BarTender Data Builder file. Value = 16.
btJSON: The database is a JSON file or JSON text format data source. Value = 17.

'Declare and create a new instance of BarTender

Dim btApp As BarTender.Application

btApp = New BarTender.Application

'Declare a BarTender document variable

Dim btFormat As BarTender.Format

'Declare BarTender database variable

Dim btDb As BarTender.Database

'Set the BarTender application visible

btApp.Visible = True

'Open a BarTender document

btFormat = btApp.Formats.Open("c:\Format1.btw", False, "")

'Select the database

btDb = btFormat.Databases.GetDatabase(1)

'Display the type of database being used

MessageBox.Show(btDb.Type.ToString)

'End the BarTender process

btApp.Quit(BarTender.BtSaveOptions.btDoNotSaveChanges)

// Declare a BarTender application variable

BarTender.Application btApp;

// Declare a BarTender document variable

BarTender.Format btFormat;

// Declare a BarTender database variable

BarTender.Database btDb;

// Create a new instance of BarTender

btApp = new BarTender.Application();

// Set the BarTender application visible

btApp.Visible = true;

// Open a BarTender document

btFormat = btApp.Formats.Open("c:\\Format1.btw", false, "");

// Select the database

btDb = btFormat.Databases.GetDatabase(1);

// Display the type of database being used

MessageBox.Show(btDb.Type.ToString());

// End the BarTender process

btApp.Quit(BarTender.BtSaveOptions.btDoNotSaveChanges);

Version	BarTender 6.00 or later
Edition	Automation, Enterprise