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HttpResponse::ContentType Property

Gets or sets the HTTP MIME type of the output stream.

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

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

Property Value

Type: System::String
The HTTP MIME type of the output stream. The default value is "text/html".

ExceptionCondition
HttpException

The ContentType property is set to nullptr.

The following example sets the ContentType property for the response to image/jpeg, calls the Clear method to remove other content that might be attached to the response, and then sets the BufferOutput property to true so that the complete page will be processed before any content is sent to the requesting client.

For a complete example, see the HttpResponse class.

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.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

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.
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