Encoding Property  
 

Gets and sets the content encoding for the current message part.

Syntax

object.Encoding [= value ]

Remarks

The Encoding property returns a string which specifies the method used for encoding the current message part. Setting this property causes the Content-Transfer-Encoding header value to be updated. The following values are commonly used:

Type Description
7bit The default transfer encoding type, which consists of printable ASCII characters.
8bit Printable ASCII characters, including those characters with the high-bit set (as is common with the ISO Latin-1 character set); this encoding type is not commonly used.
base64 The transfer encoding type commonly used to convert binary data into 7-bit ASCII characters so that it may be transported safely through the mail system.
binary All characters; binary transfer encoding is rarely used.
quoted-printable Printable ASCII characters, with non-printable or extended characters represented using their hexadecimal equivalents.
x-uuencode A transfer encoding type similar in function to the base64 encoding method.

Note that setting this property only updates the Content-Transfer-Encoding header value. To control the actual encoding method used when attaching a file, see the AttachFile method.

Data Type

String

See Also

ContentLength Property, ContentType Property, ExtractFile Method, AttachFile Method