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Data Types

LightWave Supports supports the following data type names which may be specified in the type attribute of a dictionary file element.


type attribute value

Default size

int

4

short

2

long

4

longlong

8

byte

1

unsignedInt

4

unsignedShort

2

unsignedLong

4

unsignedLongLong

8

unsignedByte

1

float

4

double

8

string

no default

numeric

18

numericSignTrailing

18

numericSignEmbedded

18

numericSignTrailingEmbedded

18

unsignedNumeric

18

base64Binary

no default

hexBinary

no default

boolean

4



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