GetMimeTypeExtension Method

Summary

Gets the default extension for the specified MIME type.

Syntax

C++

public static string GetMimeTypeExtension( 
   string mimeType 
)

Public Shared Function GetMimeTypeExtension( _ 
   ByVal mimeType As String _ 
) As String

public: 
static String^ GetMimeTypeExtension(  
   String^ mimeType 
)

Parameters

mimeType
The MIME type requested.

Return Value

A string containing the file extension for the specified MIME type (without the ".").

Remarks

This method will return the default file extension commonly used with file of types mimeType. For example, "image/jpeg" MIME type (JPEG raster image files) commonly have "jpg" extensions, "application/pdf" (Adobe PDF files) commonly have "pdf" extensions and so forth.

Requirements

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