PDM API, IEdmReference11 "FileType" property

CAD CAD Admin (Install, PDM, etc)
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Simple one this time. I’m doing some ref tree navigating and found the FileType property of the IEdmReference11 by VS intellisense. The earlier interfaces do not have it. However, I cannot find any mention of it in the help.

https://help.solidworks.com/2019/english/api/epdmapi/EPDM.Interop.epdm~EPDM.Interop.epdm.IEdmReference11_members.html

I thought it was just exposing the FileType of the underlying IEdmFile according to the EdmFileType Enumeration https://help.solidworks.com/2014/english/api/epdmapi/EPDM.Interop.epdm~EPDM.Interop.epdm.EdmFileType.html but it’s usually 0 for parents but always and it seems more accurate for references to children. More specifically if I have an IEdmReference11 parent:

parent.FileType  !=  ((IEdmFile8)parent.File).FileType

Does anyone know what the FileType Property (IEdmReference11) is used for or what it does?

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It’s not uncommon for stuff to show up in intellisense that’s isn’t supposed to be visible. It’s usually a good idea to never try to use something that isn’t in the API docs. No telling what might happen.

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“Whoops, that was supposed to be private/protected…”