How to tell if LineEnd flags have been set?

Hi all,

I'm quite new to FrameMaker scripting and trying to figure out how to tell if flags have been set. I have a function that takes an element and returns its text as a string. Simple enough:

function getElementText(elem)

{

    var text = "";

    var textItems;

    var textItems = elem.GetText(Constants.FTI_String);

    for (var i = 0; i < textItems.length; i++)

    {

        switch (textItems[i].dataType)

        {

            case Constants.FTI_String:

                text += textItems[i].sdata;

                break;

        }

    }

    return text;

}

Now I would like to add an extra space to the string if the current textItems[i].sdata ends with a forced return. I understand that I can use FTI_HardLineEnd flag to determine this, but I'm not really sure how to go about seeing if this flag has been set.

So far I have:

function getElementText(elem)

{

    var text = "";

    var textItems;

    var textItems = elem.GetText(Constants.FTI_String | Constants.FTI_LineEnd);

    for (var i = 0; i < textItems.length; i++)

    {

        switch (textItems[i].dataType)

        {

            case Constants.FTI_String:

                text += textItems[i].sdata;

                break;

            case Constants.FTI_LineEnd:

                // see if flag has been set

                // if it has:

                     text += " ";

                break;

        }

    }

    return text;

}

I've searched through the scripting guide and any other resources I can get my hands on, but can't seem to figure out around how to tell if the flag has been set. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.