fileassociation MIMEType property
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Applies to
dcFileAssociation component.  

Declaration
property MIMEType: String;  

Description
The MIMEType property determines or specifies the media type of the file extension. The media type (also known as Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME)) parameter used by Internet applications to determinate which content type it should use on sending the e-mail messages and POSTing the files via HTTP protocol.  
 
tip For more information about Internet media types, please read RFC 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, and 2077 (http://www.oac.uci.edu/indiv/ehood/MIME/MIME.html). Check out also the Internet media type registry at ftp://ftp.iana.org/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types.  

See also
EXTENSION property.  
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