Determining the MIME type of a file

  • Thread starter Nathan Sokalski
  • Start date
N

Nathan Sokalski

I am having trouble determining the MIME type of a file. Does anybody know
how to do this for a file programmatically? Thanks.
 
P

Patrick Steele

I am having trouble determining the MIME type of a file. Does anybody know
how to do this for a file programmatically? Thanks.
Click to expand...

You could look up the extension in the registry and see if it has a
"ContentType" key. For example, HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gif has a
"ContentType" of "images/gif".
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Similar Threads

Get Mime Type of File 4
How to send a MIME message as is 1
Determining Mime Type 1
MIME TYPE FOR ACCESS 2007 Database 1
S/MIME in vb.net 1
Windows XP Windows does nt recognize this MIME type 1
Load binary data into WebBrowser Control? 0
How to Change handler associated with MIME type image/tiff? 2

Top