Platform SDK: Exchange 2000 Server

ContentMediaType Property

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

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 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 ContentMediaType 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 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 even a forward
cdoMultipartAlternative	"multipart/alternative"	Different versions of same content, simplest 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 URLs
cdoTextHtml	"text/html"	Text with 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.BodyPart
    ' set a bodypart to oBp
iBp.ContentMediaType = "application/msword"