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.NET Framework Class Library
HttpCapabilitiesBase..::.SupportsCallback Property

Updated: November 2007

Gets a value indicating whether the browser supports callback scripts.

Namespace:  System.Web.Configuration
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property SupportsCallback As Boolean
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As HttpCapabilitiesBase
Dim value As Boolean

value = instance.SupportsCallback
C#
public virtual bool SupportsCallback { get; }
Visual C++
public:
virtual property bool SupportsCallback {
    bool get ();
}
J#
/** @property */
public boolean get_SupportsCallback()
JScript
public function get SupportsCallback () : boolean

Property Value

Type: System..::.Boolean

true if the browser supports callback scripts; otherwise, false. The default is false.

The following code example shows how to determine whether the browser supports callback scripts.

Visual Basic
<%@ page language="VB" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
    Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        CheckBrowserCaps()
    End Sub

    Function CheckBrowserCaps()

        Dim labelText As String = ""
        Dim myBrowserCaps As System.Web.HttpBrowserCapabilities = Request.Browser
        If (CType(myBrowserCaps, System.Web.Configuration.HttpCapabilitiesBase)).SupportsCallback Then
            labelText = "Browser supports callback scripts."
        Else
            labelText = "Browser does not support callback scripts."
        End If

        Label1.Text = labelText

    End Function 'CheckBrowserCaps
</script>

<html  >
<head>
    <title>Browser Capabilities Sample</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form runat="server" id="form1">
        <div>
            Browser Capabilities:
            <p/><asp:Label ID="Label1" Runat="server" />
        </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>
C#
<%@ page language="C#"%>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
    void Page_Load(Object Sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        CheckBrowserCaps();
    }

    void CheckBrowserCaps()
    {
        String labelText = "";
        System.Web.HttpBrowserCapabilities myBrowserCaps = Request.Browser;
        if (((System.Web.Configuration.HttpCapabilitiesBase)myBrowserCaps).SupportsCallback)
        {
            labelText = "Browser supports callback scripts.";
        }
        else
        {
            labelText = "Browser does not support callback scripts.";
        }

        Label1.Text = labelText;
    }
</script>

<html  >
<head>
    <title>Browser Capabilities Sample</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form runat="server" id="form1">
        <div>
            Browser Capabilities:
            <p/><asp:Label ID="Label1" Runat="server" />
        </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>
J#
<%@ page language="VJ#"%>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">    

void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    CheckBrowserCaps();
} //Page_Load

void CheckBrowserCaps() 
{
    String labelText = "";
    System.Web.HttpBrowserCapabilities myBrowserCaps = 
        get_Request().get_Browser();
    if (((System.Web.Configuration.HttpCapabilitiesBase)myBrowserCaps).
        get_SupportsCallback()) {
        labelText = "Browser supports callback scripts.";
    }
    else {
        labelText = "Browser does not support callback scripts.";
    }   
    Label1.set_Text(labelText);
} //CheckBrowserCaps
</script>

<html  >
<head>
    <title>Browser Capabilities Sample</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form runat="server" id="form1">
        <div>
            Browser Capabilities:
            <p/><asp:Label ID="Label1" Runat="server" />
        </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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