---
name: "PathIsContentTypeA"
section: "3w"
platform: "linux"
package: "libwine-dev"
version: "1.4.1-4"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/PathIsContentTypeA"
---

# PathIsContentTypeA(3w)

## NAME

**PathIsContentTypeA** (SHLWAPI.@)

## SYNOPSIS

BOOL PathIsContentTypeA\
  (\
   LPCSTR *lpszPath*,\
   LPCSTR *lpszContentType*\
  )

## DESCRIPTION

Determine if a file is of a given registered content type.

## PARAMS

*lpszPath* **\[In\]**  File to check.

*lpszContentType* **\[In\]**  Content type to check for.

## RETURNS

**TRUE** If *lpszPath* is a given registered content type, **FALSE** Otherwise.

## NOTES

This function looks up the registered content type for *lpszPath*. If a content type is registered, it is compared (case insensitively) to *lpszContentType*. Only if this matches does the function succeed.

## IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in **"shlwapi.h"**.

Implemented in **"dlls/shlwapi/path.c"**.

Debug channel **"shell"**.