IOpcPart::GetContentType method (msopc.h)

Gets the media type of part content.

Syntax

HRESULT GetContentType(
  [out, retval] LPWSTR *contentType
);

Parameters

[out, retval] contentType

The media type of part content, as specified by the package format designer and adhering to RFC 2616: HTTP/1.1.

Return value

The method returns an HRESULT. Possible values include, but are not limited to, those in the following table.

Return code Description
S_OK
The method succeeded.
E_POINTER
The contentType parameter is NULL.

Remarks

This method allocates memory used by the string returned in contentType. If the method succeeds, call the CoTaskMemFree function to free the memory.

For more information about parts, see the Open Packaging Conventions Fundamentals and the ECMA-376 OpenXML, 1st Edition, Part 2: Open Packaging Conventions (OPC).

Thread Safety

Packaging objects are not thread-safe.

For more information, see the Getting Started with the Packaging API.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 7 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 R2 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header msopc.h

See also

ECMA-376 OpenXML

External Resources

Getting Started with the Packaging API

IOpcPart

Open Packaging Conventions Fundamentals

Overviews

Packaging API Reference

Packaging API Samples

Packaging Errors

Parts Overview

RFC 2616: HTTP/1.1

Reference