PowerBuilder

The MIME Content-Type Header Field

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Explains the ContentType property and the Content-Type header field including the various attributes that may be included. PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
long li_Success
oleobject loo_Mime

li_Success = 0

//  Every part in a MIME messsage should include a Content-Type header field.
//  The Content-Type indicates the type of content contained in the MIME part.
//  For example: text/plain, image/jpeg, application/pdf, application/json, multipart/mixed, etc.

//  Multipart content types are those where the MIME part's body is composed of N inner MIME messages,
//  separated by a boundary string.
//  This is how MIME gets a nested, tree-like structure.  The most common multipart MIME types
//  are (for email related MIME) multipart/mixed, multipart/alternative, and multipart/related,
//  and for HTTP related MIME, it is multipart/form-data.

loo_Mime = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Mime.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Mime")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Mime
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

//  The Content-Type header field can be set or modified in two ways.
//  1) By setting the ContentType, Micalg, Name, Charset, Boundary, or Protocol properties.
//     Setting the ContentType property sets the primary value (such as "text/plain") of the header field.
//     Each of the other properties listed above will replace or add a particular attribute value.

//  2) By setting the entire contents of the ContentType header with the SetHeaderField method.
//     This updates each of the Content-Type related properties.

//  For example:
loo_Mime.ContentType = "text/plain"
loo_Mime.Charset = "utf-8"

//  The Content-Type header field contains this:
//      Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Write-Debug loo_Mime.GetEntireHead()
Write-Debug "-"

loo_Mime.SetHeaderField("Content-Type","image/jpeg; name=~"kitty.jpg~"")
//  The Content-Type header field now contains this:
//      Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="kitty.jpg"
Write-Debug loo_Mime.GetEntireHead()
Write-Debug "-"

//  Notice how the properties have been updated:
Write-Debug "ContentType property: " + loo_Mime.ContentType
Write-Debug "Charset property: " + loo_Mime.Charset
Write-Debug "Name property: " + loo_Mime.Name
Write-Debug "-"

//  To change a particular attribute value, set the property.
loo_Mime.Name = "doggy.jpg"
Write-Debug loo_Mime.GetEntireHead()
Write-Debug "-"

//  To remove an attribute value from the Content-Type header,
//  set the property to an empty string.
loo_Mime.Name = ""
Write-Debug loo_Mime.GetEntireHead()
Write-Debug "-"


destroy loo_Mime