MIME Types allow MAGIQ Documents and your browser to correctly identify the type of document the user is trying to download. With known MIME types, your browser knows to launch the appropriate application when you choose to open the document.
For your convenience, MAGIQ Documents provides a wide variety of commonly used MIME Types. If your organization uses documents or files generated with applications not widely used, the System Administrator may need to identify a new MIME Type.
For example, your company may use a specialized drawing application that generates files with an ".xyz" extension. In this case, the System Administrator would need to identify a new MIME type so that MAGIQ Documents will know which application should be associated with that file extension.
To add a MIME Type, perform the following: