fContentType (Function)

ONLINE HELP
WINDEV, WEBDEV AND WINDEV MOBILE

Version:

Home | Sign in | English

Help / WLanguage / WLanguage functions / Standard functions / External file functions

WINDEV

WEBDEV

WINDEV Mobile

Others

See also

fContentType (Function)

In french: fContentType

Returns the type of file according to the MIME standard (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions). The "Content Type" tells the software how it should interpret the file.

Note: This function is equivalent to fMIMEType.

New in version 2025

This function is now available in browser code.

Example

// Add attachments to an email
arrAttachment is array of strings = ["image.png", "video.mpeg", "file.pdf"]
myEmail is Email
...
FOR EACH sFile OF arrAttachment
	// Build the emailAttach variable
	myAttach is emailAttach
	myAttach.Name = sFile
	myAttach.Content = fLoadBuffer(sFile)
	// fContentType returns "image/png" for "image.png", 
	// "vide/mpeg" for "video,mpeg" and "application/pdf" for "file.pdf"
	myAttach.ContentType = fContentType(sFile)
	// Add the attachment
	Add(myEmail.Attach, myAttach)
END
// Display a file in the user's browser in server code
FileDisplay(sFile, fContentType (sFile))

Syntax

<Result> = fContentType(<File path>)

<Result>: Character string

File type according to MIME standard:
mimeTypeXMLApplication XML content.
mimeTypeBinary Binary content (byte stream).
mimeTypeDOC Word file (*.doc)
mimeTypeDOCX Word file (*.docx)
mimeTypeGIF GIF image (*.gif)
mimeTypeHTML HTML page (*.htm, *.html)
mimeTypeJPEG JPEG image (*.jpg, *.jpeg)
mimeTypeJSON JSON content.
mimeTypePDF PDF document (*.pdf)
mimeTypePNG Image content in PNG format (*.png)
mimeTypeSOAP SOAP content in XML format.
mimeTypeText Text (*.txt)
mimeTypeXMLText XML text
mimeTypeXLS Excel file (*.xls)
mimeTypeXLSX Excel file (*.xlsx)
mimeTypeZIP ZIP file (*.zip)
Empty string ("") if the MIME type could not be determined.

<File path>: Character string

Name and full (or relative) path of the file (up to 260 characters).
Full (or relative) path of directory (up to 260 characters). If this parameter corresponds to a directory name, this name may (or may not) end with "\".
A UNC path can be used.

Remarks

The MIME type is determined from the file extension.

Component: wd300std.dll