IOpcPart::GetContentType method (msopc.h)

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02/22/2024

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