BodyType
Topic Last Modified: 2006-06-11
The BodyType element identifies how the body text is formatted in the response.
Syntax
<BodyType>Best or HTML or Text</BodyType>
Type
BodyTypeResponseType
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
None.
Child Elements
None.
Parent Elements
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
Identifies the item properties and content to include in a GetItem, FindItem, or SyncFolderItems response. The following are the XPath expressions to this element:
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Identifies additional extended item properties to return in a response to a GetAttachment request. The following is the XPath expression to this element:
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Text Value
The following table lists the possible values for the BodyType element.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
Best |
The response will return the richest available content of body text. This is useful if it is unknown whether the content is text or HTML. The returned body will be text if the stored body is plain text. Otherwise, the response will return HTML if the stored body is in either HTML or RTF format. This is the default value. |
HTML |
The response will return an item body as HTML. |
Text |
The response will return an item body as plain text. |
Remarks
You can identify the type of body returned in the response by checking the BodyType attribute of the Body element. The BodyType attribute will identify the body as either HTML or text.
The schema that describes this element is located in the EWS virtual directory of the computer that is running Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 that has the Client Access server role installed.
Example
The following example of a request shows where a BodyType element is used.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:soap="https://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:t="https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
<soap:Body>
<GetAttachment xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages"
xmlns:t="https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
<AttachmentShape>
<t:BodyType>Best</t:BodyType>
</AttachmentShape>
<AttachmentIds>
<t:AttachmentId Id="ASkAS="/>
</AttachmentIds>
</GetAttachment>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
The Id attribute has been shortened to preserve readability.
Element Information
Namespace |
https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types |
Schema Name |
Types schema |
Validation File |
Types.xsd |
Can be Empty |
False |