-wia-iwiadispatchitem-itemtype.md

description	ms.assetid	title	ms.topic	ms.date	topic_type	api_name	api_type	api_location
The type of this item. Read-only.	6c613a08-41aa-4242-80c0-75e1981a676f	Item.ItemType property	reference	05/31/2018	APIRef kbSyntax	Item.ItemType	COM	Wiascr.dll

Item.ItemType property

The type of this item. Read-only.

This property is read-only.

Syntax

propVal = Item.ItemType

Property value

The following values are possible:

Value	Description
device	The item is a WIA hardware device.
folder	The item is a folder that contains other items.
file	The item is an image or audio file.
audio	The item is an audio clip.
image	The item is an image.

 

Remarks

An item can have more than one type. For example, every image is of both "image" and "file" types. ItemType returns a string that includes all valid types for the item, separated by semicolons. For example, "image;file". There are no spaces in this string, and there is not a semicolon at the end.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
DLL	Wiascr.dll (version 4.90 or later)