Microsoft KB Archive/246068

= Listing the Default IIS MIME Map Settings Using WSH =

Article ID: 246068

Article Last Modified on 8/8/2007

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 * Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q246068



SUMMARY
This article describes how to create a Windows Scripting Host (WSH) script to list the default Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Map settings for a server running Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS).



MORE INFORMATION
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) is a way of configuring browsers or mail clients to view files that are in multiple formats based on a MIME Type. MIME Mapping is a process by which IIS maps files by their extensions to a particular MIME Type. For example, a file with a .htm extension has a MIME Type of "text/html," whereas a file with a .gif extension has a MIME Type of "image/gif."

When a request is made by a client for a particular file, IIS uses the MIME Map to determine the correct MIME Type that the client will be receiving. IIS contains a large list of default MIME Types to use, and returns a MIME type of "application/octet-stream" for any file extension that is not explicitly mapped.

When Web administrators create or store new file formats with extensions that may be undefined, the following WSH code may help determine the contents of the default MIME Types list by displaying a sorted list of all current MIME Type definitions.

Listing the Default MIME Map
Copy the following WSH code and save it as Mimemaps.vbs: Option Explicit

Dim objMimeMap Dim varMimeMap Dim intMimeMap Dim objDictionary Dim intCount Const dictKey = 1 Const dictItem = 2

Set objDictionary = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary") Set objMimeMap = GetObject("IIS://localhost/mimemap") varMimeMap = objMimeMap.Get("MimeMap")

If IsArray(varMimeMap) Then For intCount = LBound(varMimeMap) To UBound(varMimeMap) objDictionary.Add varMimeMap(intCount).Extension, varMimeMap(intCount).MimeType Next SortDictionary objDictionary,dictKey intMimeMap = objDictionary.Count WScript.Echo "Total MIME Map Entries: " & intMimeMap & vbCrLf WScript.Echo "Extension" & vbTab & "MIME Type" For Each varMimeMap in objDictionary WScript.Echo varMimeMap & vbTab & objDictionary(varMimeMap) Next End If

Function SortDictionary(objDict,intSort) Dim strDict Dim objKey Dim strKey,strItem Dim X,Y,Z Z = objDict.Count If Z > 1 Then ReDim strDict(Z,2) X = 0 For Each objKey In objDict strDict(X,dictKey) = CStr(objKey) strDict(X,dictItem) = CStr(objDict(objKey)) X = X + 1 Next For X = 0 to (Z - 2) For Y = X to (Z - 1) If StrComp(strDict(X,intSort),strDict(Y,intSort),vbTextCompare) > 0 Then strKey = strDict(X,dictKey) strItem = strDict(X,dictItem) strDict(X,dictKey) = strDict(Y,dictKey) strDict(X,dictItem) = strDict(Y,dictItem) strDict(Y,dictKey) = strKey strDict(Y,dictItem) = strItem End If     Next Next objDict.RemoveAll For X = 0 to (Z - 1) objDict.Add strDict(X,dictKey), strDict(X,dictItem) Next End If End Function

Run the WSH script from a command prompt using the following syntax:

CSCRIPT.EXE C:\MIMEMAPS.VBS | MORE

The output should be similar to the following: Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.1 for Windows Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-1999. All rights reserved.

Total MIME Map Entries: 189

Extension      MIME Type .*     application/octet-stream .323   text/h323 .acx   application/internet-property-stream .ai    application/postscript .aif   audio/x-aiff .aifc  audio/aiff .aiff  audio/aiff .asf   video/x-ms-asf .asr   video/x-ms-asf .asx   video/x-ms-asf .au    audio/basic -- More --

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