Hi,
WHAT IS FILE TYPE
Valid File Types
Definition
File types that correspond to the Internet standard MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions).
MIME determines the way in which message formats are specified. A file type (content type) is defined in the basis type/subtype form according to the MIME concept.
You can assign one or more valid file name enhancements to each content type.
Use
The specification of MIME types is for the exchange of data, especially multimedia Internet data of fundamental importance.
Structure
The following table shows the MIME types delivered regularly by SAP with the BW system.
Official MIME types are registered by the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority). Private sub-types, received after being checked by the IANA, begin with “vnd”. (in the form “vnd.company-type” or “vnd.type”) or “prs.”
Subtypes for locally permitted file formats for the server begin with “x-type”.
MIME Types
Basis Type
Subtype
Description
Reference
application
Type for files that are linked to a specific program
/acad
AutoCAD File (by NCSA)
/dxf
AutoCAD File (by CERN)
/mif
Maker Interchange Format (Adobe FrameMaker)
/msexcel
MS Excel File
/mspowerpoint
MS Power Point file
/msword
Microsoft Word
/pdf
PDF File (Adobe Acrobat Exchange/Reader)
/rtf
Microsoft RTF (rich text format) file
/vnd.ms-excel
Excel File
/vnd.ms-powerpoint
MS Power Point file
/vnd.ms-word
Microsoft Word File
/winword
Microsoft Word File
/x-javascript
JavaScript File
/x-msmetafile
WMF File
/x-sapshortcut
SAP Shortcut / Session Manager
/x-zip-compressed
ZIP File
audio
Type for sound files
/x-pn-realaudio-plugin
RealAudio Plugin File
image
Type for graphics files
In Web Applications, you can use the types /jpeg and /gif for the display in the same browser window (IS_INPLACE) (see Single Document).
/bmp
Icon
/gif
GIF (graphics interchange format) graphic
RFC2045, RFC2046
/ico
Icon (Windows)
/ief
Image Exchange Format
RFC1314
/jpeg, /jpg, /jpe
JPEG (Standard format graphic from the Joint Photographic Experts group).
RFC2045, RFC2046
/tiff
TIFF(Tag Image File Format) Graphics
RFC2302
/x-rgb
RGB Graphics
/x-windowdump
X-Windows Dump
text
Type for text files
/calendar
RFC2445
/css
CSS Style Sheet File
RFC2318
/enriched
RFC1896
/htm, /html
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
RFC2854
/javascript
JavaScript File
/plain
Simple Text
RFC2646, RFC2046
/richtext
MIME Rich Text
RFC2045, RFC2046
/xml
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
RFC3023
video
Type for video files
/avi
Microsoft AVI Video
/x-msvideo
Microsoft AVI Video
/x-sgi-movie
Microsoft SGI Video
Thanks,
Shankar
Bluesky
