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Property of a FILE that returns whether the specified data type is supported by the file driver. Returns 1 if the data type is supported and 0 if it is not. Valid data types supported by this property are the DataType:xxxx found in EQUATES.CLW. (READ ONLY)

**Example:**

**Customer FILE,DRIVER('Clarion')**

**Record    RECORD**

**Id        LONG**

**         . .**

**Supported BYTE**

**    CODE**

**    Supported = Customer{****PROP:SupportsType****,DriverOp:CREATE} ! Returns 1**

**    Supported = Customer{****PROP:SupportsType****,DriverOp:NULL}   ! Returns 0**

**    Supported = Customer{****PROP:SupportsType****,DataType:LONG}   ! Returns 1**

**    Supported = Customer{****PROP:SupportsType****,DataType:DATE}   ! Returns 0**