IBinary.Format

Syntax

Description

The Format property returns the stream contents format.

Comments

The property returns the MIME type compared to the file extension sent in the data stream.The MIME types determine methods which the application will use to process binary data and return in the application/type format where the application is the application application classes (as video) and the type is the unique MIME type.

The MIME types matched by extension are presented in the [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.***] registry branch in the Content Type parameter. The information about MIME types registered on the computer is stored in the [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type] registry branch.

NOTE. More detailed description about the MIME types and their use is in the MSDN.

Example

The example of the ForeExec operation use to work with application methods and to send them to various objects, is given in theSending Objects as Parameters Values subsection.

See also:

IBinary