type property
[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]
Sets or retrieves the MIME type of the object.
Syntax
HRESULT value = object.put_type(BSTR v);HRESULT value = object.get_type(BSTR* p);
Property values
Type: BSTR
the MIME type of the object.
Standards information
- Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification, Section 2.5.5
- HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 12.2
Remarks
MIME is an abbreviation for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension, and is a set of enhancements used with Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). Used together, MIME and SMTP allow Internet messages to include a mixture of audio, images, video, and text components, and accommodate a variety of international character sets.
When no IHTMLObjectElement::classid attribute is specified for an object, the IHTMLLinkElement::type property is used to retrieve the class identifier for the object.
In Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, This property now applies to the a, link, and script objects.
This property applies to the a, link, and script objects.
See also
Build date: 6/12/2012