Information
The topic you requested is included in another documentation set. For convenience, it's displayed below. Choose Switch to see the topic in its original location.

ContentType Class

 

Represents a MIME protocol Content-Type header.

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

System::Object
  System.Net.Mime::ContentType

public ref class ContentType 

NameDescription
System_CAPS_pubmethodContentType()

Initializes a new default instance of the ContentType class.

System_CAPS_pubmethodContentType(String^)

Initializes a new instance of the ContentType class using the specified string.

NameDescription
System_CAPS_pubpropertyBoundary

Gets or sets the value of the boundary parameter included in the Content-Type header represented by this instance.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyCharSet

Gets or sets the value of the charset parameter included in the Content-Type header represented by this instance.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyMediaType

Gets or sets the media type value included in the Content-Type header represented by this instance.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyName

Gets or sets the value of the name parameter included in the Content-Type header represented by this instance.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyParameters

Gets the dictionary that contains the parameters included in the Content-Type header represented by this instance.

NameDescription
System_CAPS_pubmethodEquals(Object^)

Determines whether the content-type header of the specified ContentType object is equal to the content-type header of this object.(Overrides Object::Equals(Object^).)

System_CAPS_protmethodFinalize()

Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.(Inherited from Object.)

System_CAPS_pubmethodGetHashCode()

Determines the hash code of the specified ContentType object(Overrides Object::GetHashCode().)

System_CAPS_pubmethodGetType()

Gets the Type of the current instance.(Inherited from Object.)

System_CAPS_protmethodMemberwiseClone()

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.(Inherited from Object.)

System_CAPS_pubmethodToString()

Returns a string representation of this ContentType object.(Overrides Object::ToString().)

The information in the ContentType class is used to describe the data contained in an e-mail message in such a way that software that displays e-mail can present the content in an appropriate manner. ContentType is used with the Attachment class to specify the type of content in the attachment.

The syntax of the Content-Type header is described in RFC 2045 Section 5.1. RFC 2046 provides detailed information about MIME media types and their parameters. These RFCs are available at http://www.ietf.org.

The following code example sends an e-mail message with an attachment and displays the ContentDisposition properties for the attachment.

static void CreateMessageWithAttachment( String^ server )
{

   // Specify the file to be attached and sent.
   // This example assumes that a file named Data.xls exists in the
   // current working directory.
   String^ file = L"data.xls";

   // Create a message and set up the recipients.
   MailMessage^ message = gcnew MailMessage( L"jane@contoso.com",L"ben@contoso.com",L"Quarterly data report.",L"See the attached spreadsheet." );

   // Create  the file attachment for this e-mail message.
   Attachment^ data = gcnew Attachment(file, MediaTypeNames::Application::Octet);

   // Add time stamp information for the file.
   ContentDisposition^ disposition = data->ContentDisposition;
   disposition->CreationDate = System::IO::File::GetCreationTime( file );
   disposition->ModificationDate = System::IO::File::GetLastWriteTime( file );
   disposition->ReadDate = System::IO::File::GetLastAccessTime( file );

   // Add the file attachment to this e-mail message.
   message->Attachments->Add( data );

   //Send the message.
   SmtpClient^ client = gcnew SmtpClient( server );

   // Add credentials if the SMTP server requires them.
   client->Credentials = CredentialCache::DefaultNetworkCredentials;
   client->Send( message );

   // Display the values in the ContentDisposition for the attachment.
   ContentDisposition^ cd = data->ContentDisposition;
   Console::WriteLine( L"Content disposition" );
   Console::WriteLine( cd );
   Console::WriteLine( L"File {0}", cd->FileName );
   Console::WriteLine( L"Size {0}", cd->Size );
   Console::WriteLine( L"Creation {0}", cd->CreationDate );
   Console::WriteLine( L"Modification {0}", cd->ModificationDate );
   Console::WriteLine( L"Read {0}", cd->ReadDate );
   Console::WriteLine( L"Inline {0}", cd->Inline );
   Console::WriteLine( L"Parameters: {0}", cd->Parameters->Count );
   IEnumerator^ myEnum1 = cd->Parameters->GetEnumerator();
   while ( myEnum1->MoveNext() )
   {
      DictionaryEntry^ d = safe_cast<DictionaryEntry^>(myEnum1->Current);
      Console::WriteLine( L"{0} = {1}", d->Key, d->Value );
   }

   data->~Attachment();
   client->~SmtpClient();
}


.NET Framework
Available since 2.0

Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Return to top
Show: