HttpListenerResponse.ContentType Property (System.Net)

.NET Framework Class Library

HttpListenerResponse..::.ContentType Property

Gets or sets the MIME type of the content returned.

Namespace: System.Net
Assembly: System (in System.dll)

Public Property ContentType As String

public string ContentType { get; set; }

public:
property String^ ContentType {
	String^ get ();
	void set (String^ value);
}

member ContentType : string with get, set

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
A String instance that contains the text of the response's Content-Type header.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	The value specified for a set operation is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
ArgumentException	The value specified for a set operation is an empty string ("").
ObjectDisposedException	This object is closed.

Remarks

When communicating with a Web browser, you should explicitly set this property when returning any content type other than text/html.

For a complete list of response headers, see the HttpResponseHeader enumeration.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

HttpListenerResponse Class