Platform SDK: CDO for Windows 2000

ContentMediaType Property

The ContentMediaType property contains type and subtype identifiers that specify the nature of the data in a body part.

[Visual Basic]
Property ContentMediaType as String
[C++]
HRESULT get_ContentMediaType(BSTR* pVal);
HRESULT put_ContentMediaType(BSTR Val);
[IDL]
HRESULT [propget] ContentMediaType([out,retval] BSTR* pVal);
HRESULT [propput] ContentMediaType([in] BSTR Val);

Remarks

The ContentMediaType property corresponds to the type and subtype of the Content-Type header field of Request for Comments (RFC) 2045.

This property corresponds to the urn:schemas:mailheader:content-type header field available in the Fields collection.

The format for the contents of the ContentMediaType property is <type>/<subtype>. Common types and subtypes include:

image/gif, image/jpeg
message/external-body, message/partial, message/rfc822
multipart/alternative, multipart/digest, multipart/mixed, multipart/related
text/html, text/plain

The following CdoContentTypeValues string constants are provided for use with the ContentMediaType property:

CdoContentTypeValues Module Constants

Constant	Value	Description
CdoGif	image/gif	Image encoded using Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
cdoJpeg	image/jpeg	Image encoded using Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) format (ISO/IEC 10918)
cdoMessageExternalBody	message/external-body	Pointer to message content outside this message
cdoMessagePartial	message/partial	One piece of a fragmented message
cdoMessageRFC822	message/rfc822	Simple e-mail message (not a forwarded message)
cdoMultipartAlternative	multipart/alternative	Different versions of same content, simplest version first
cdoMultipartDigest	multipart/digest	Different messages, including forwarded messages
cdoMultipartMixed	multipart/mixed	Body parts to be processed sequentially
cdoMultipartRelated	multipart/related	Body parts accessed through Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)
cdoTextHtml	text/html	Text with Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) tags
CdoTextPlain	text/plain	Unstructured text

The contents of ContentMediaType are case-insensitive. The default value is text/plain.

Example

Dim iBp as CDO.IBodyPart
    ' set a bodypart to oBp
iBp.ContentMediaType = "application/msword"