>>>Hi folks,
>>>does anyone know how to programmatically determine whether beautify is set up to indent using tabs or spaces?
>>>And in case of spaces, how many?
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>>https://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1583909
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>>But I don't know how the settings are saved
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>I also thought that it was in the Data field, hopefully someone can help me decipher it.

Your best option is to mess with the settings, tabs on off, check the value (in hex) both ways, then with tabs off set spaces to 2, 3, 7, check the hex version of it... Few hours of fun, but I think it would be feasible.