HttpPostedFile.ContentType Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web

Assembly:

System.Web.dll

Gets the MIME content type of a file sent by a client.

public:
 property System::String ^ ContentType { System::String ^ get(); };

public string ContentType { get; }

member this.ContentType : string

Public ReadOnly Property ContentType As String

Property Value

String

The MIME content type of the uploaded file.

Examples

The following code example shows how to loop through all the files in the uploaded file collection and take action when the MIME type of a file is US-ASCII.

HttpFileCollection MyFileCollection = Request.Files;

 for (int Loop1 = 0; Loop1 < MyFileCollection.Count; Loop1++)
 {
    if (MyFileCollection[Loop1].ContentType == "video/mpeg")
    {
       //...
    }
 }

Dim Loop1 As Integer
 Dim MyFileCollection As HttpFileCollection = Request.Files
 
 For Loop1 = 0 To MyFileCollection.Count - 1
    If MyFileCollection(Loop1).ContentType = "video/mpeg" Then
       '...
    End If
 Next Loop1

See also

• FileName
• ContentLength