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MapToText element

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Applies to: SharePoint 2016 | SharePoint Foundation 2013 | SharePoint Online | SharePoint Server 2013

Returns the name of the application in which a document was created, based on the file name extension and ProgID.

<MapToText>
    ProgID|File_Extension
</MapToText>

Elements and attributes

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None

Child elements

Numerous

Parent elements

Numerous

Occurrences

  • Minimum: 0
  • Maximum: Unbounded

Remarks

The MapToText element uses the following syntax, separating the ProgID from the file name extension with a pipe symbol ("|") in C# or with Or in Visual Basic:

<MapToText>ProgID|File_Extension </MapToText>

Example

The following example uses the MapToText element to assign the name of the application to an App variable.

<SetVar Name="App" Scope="Request">
   <MapToText>
      <Column Name="HTML_x0020_File_x0020_Type" />
      <HTML>|</HTML>
      <Column Name="File_x0020_Type" />
   </MapToText>
</SetVar>