ASP.NET in a Nutshell

Name

AcceptTypes

Synopsis

stringArray = Request.AcceptTypes

Return s a String array containing the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) types accepted by the client. You can use this property to determine whether a client can accept certain response types, including application types such as Word or Excel, which are supported only by Internet Explorer.

The following table lists some common MIME types:

MIME type	Description
text/html	HTML text content
text/xml	XML text content
image/gif	GIF-encoded image data
image/jpg	JPEG-encoded image data
application/msword	Binary data for Microsoft Word

Parameters

stringArray

A String array that receives the array of accept types from the property.

Example

The code example declares a string array and an integer counter variable and assigns the AcceptTypes property value to the array variable. It then iterates the array members using the counter variable, writing each value to the browser by using the Message label control:

Sub Page_Load(  )
   'Display Accept Types
   Dim MyArray(  ) As String
   Dim I As Integer 
   MyArray = Request.AcceptTypes
   For I = 0 To MyArray.GetUpperBound(0)
      Message.Text &= "Type " & CStr(I) & ": " & CStr(MyArray(I)) & _     
              "<br/>"
   Next I
End Sub

The output of the code would look something like this:

Type 0: image/gif

Type 1: image/x-xbitmap

Type 2: image/jpeg

Type 3: image/pjpeg

Type 4: application/vnd.ms-powerpoint

Type 5: application/vnd.ms-excel

Type 6: application/msword

Type 7: */*

Notes

This property can prevent the server ...