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{excerpt}Sets or returns the content\-type header that will be sent to the browser with the generated Word document.
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 public System.String ContentType{ get; set; }
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Public Property ContentType() As String
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{remarks}ContentType must not be used before [Open|WordTemplate.Open] is called, as the content\-type of the file cannot be known until after the file is opened.  Getting or setting ContentType before calling Open will throw an exception.

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{example}{code:csharp|title=C#}

          ...
          WordTemplate WordTempl = new WordTemplate();
          WordTempl.Open(Page.MapPath("./BasicTemplate.doc"));
          WordTempl.SetDataSource(MyDataTable);

          //--- Set the ContentType
          //--- ContentType is application/vns.ms-word by default for
          //--- .doc files, while the default ContentType for
          //--- .docx files is
          //--- application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
          //--- and for .docm files is
          //--- application/vnd.ms-word.document.macroEnabled.12
          WordTempl.ContentType = "application/unknown";
          WordTempl.Process();
          WordTempl.Save(Page.Response, "BasicGenerated.doc", false);
          ...
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          ...
          Dim WordTempl As New WordTemplate()
          WordTempl.Open(Page.MapPath("./BasicTemplate.doc"))
          WordTempl.SetDataSource(MyDataTable)

          '--- Set the ContentType
          '--- ContentType is application/vns.ms-word by default for
          '--- .doc files, while the default ContentType for
          '--- .docx files is
          '--- application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
          '--- and for .docm files is
          '--- application/vnd.ms-word.document.macroEnabled.12
          WordTempl.ContentType = "application/unknown"
          WordTempl.Process()
          WordTempl.Save(Page.Response, "BasicGenerated.doc", False)
          ...
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