HttpRequest.Browser Property (System.Web)

Browser Property

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HttpRequest..::.Browser Property

Updated: November 2007

Gets or sets information about the requesting client's browser capabilities.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Property Browser As HttpBrowserCapabilities

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As HttpRequest
Dim value As HttpBrowserCapabilities

value = instance.Browser

instance.Browser = value

public HttpBrowserCapabilities Browser { get; set; }

Visual C++

public:
property HttpBrowserCapabilities^ Browser {
    HttpBrowserCapabilities^ get ();
    void set (HttpBrowserCapabilities^ value);
}

/** @property */
public HttpBrowserCapabilities get_Browser()
/** @property */
public  void set_Browser(HttpBrowserCapabilities value)

JScript

public function get Browser () : HttpBrowserCapabilities
public function set Browser (value : HttpBrowserCapabilities)

Property Value

Type: System.Web..::.HttpBrowserCapabilities

An HttpBrowserCapabilities object listing the capabilities of the client's browser.

Examples

The following code example sends a list of the browser's capabilities back to the client in an HTML page.

Visual Basic

Dim bc As HttpBrowserCapabilities = Request.Browser
Response.Write("<p>Browser Capabilities:</p>")
Response.Write("Type = " & bc.Type & "<br>")
Response.Write("Name = " & bc.Browser & "<br>")
Response.Write("Version = " & bc.Version & "<br>")
Response.Write("Major Version = " & bc.MajorVersion & "<br>")
Response.Write("Minor Version = " & bc.MinorVersion & "<br>")
Response.Write("Platform = " & bc.Platform & "<br>")
Response.Write("Is Beta = " & bc.Beta & "<br>")
Response.Write("Is Crawler = " & bc.Crawler & "<br>")
Response.Write("Is AOL = " & bc.AOL & "<br>")
Response.Write("Is Win16 = " & bc.Win16 & "<br>")
Response.Write("Is Win32 = " & bc.Win32 & "<br>")
Response.Write("Supports Frames = " & bc.Frames & "<br>")
Response.Write("Supports Tables = " & bc.Tables & "<br>")
Response.Write("Supports Cookies = " & bc.Cookies & "<br>")
Response.Write("Supports VB Script = " & bc.VBScript & "<br>")
Response.Write("Supports JavaScript = " & bc.JavaScript & "<br>")
Response.Write("Supports Java Applets = " & bc.JavaApplets & "<br>")
Response.Write("Supports ActiveX Controls = " & bc.ActiveXControls & "<br>")
Response.Write("CDF = " & bc.CDF & "<br>")

HttpBrowserCapabilities bc = Request.Browser;
Response.Write("<p>Browser Capabilities:</p>");
Response.Write("Type = " + bc.Type + "<br>");
Response.Write("Name = " + bc.Browser + "<br>");
Response.Write("Version = " + bc.Version + "<br>");
Response.Write("Major Version = " + bc.MajorVersion + "<br>");
Response.Write("Minor Version = " + bc.MinorVersion + "<br>");
Response.Write("Platform = " + bc.Platform + "<br>");
Response.Write("Is Beta = " + bc.Beta + "<br>");
Response.Write("Is Crawler = " + bc.Crawler + "<br>");
Response.Write("Is AOL = " + bc.AOL + "<br>");
Response.Write("Is Win16 = " + bc.Win16 + "<br>");
Response.Write("Is Win32 = " + bc.Win32 + "<br>");
Response.Write("Supports Frames = " + bc.Frames + "<br>");
Response.Write("Supports Tables = " + bc.Tables + "<br>");
Response.Write("Supports Cookies = " + bc.Cookies + "<br>");
Response.Write("Supports VB Script = " + bc.VBScript + "<br>");
Response.Write("Supports JavaScript = " + bc.JavaScript + "<br>");
Response.Write("Supports Java Applets = " + bc.JavaApplets + "<br>");
Response.Write("Supports ActiveX Controls = " + bc.ActiveXControls + "<br>");
Response.Write("CDF = " + bc.CDF + "<br>");

HttpBrowserCapabilities bc = get_Request().get_Browser();

get_Response().Write("<p>Browser Capabilities:</p>");
get_Response().Write(("Type = " + bc.get_Type() + "<br>"));
get_Response().Write(("Name = " + bc.get_Browser() + "<br>"));
get_Response().Write(("Version = " + bc.get_Version() + "<br>"));
get_Response().Write(("Major Version = " + bc.get_MajorVersion()
    + "<br>"));
get_Response().Write(("Minor Version = " + bc.get_MinorVersion()
    + "<br>"));
get_Response().Write(("Platform = " + bc.get_Platform() + "<br>"));
get_Response().Write(("Is Beta = " + bc.get_Beta() + "<br>"));
get_Response().Write(("Is Crawler = " + bc.get_Crawler() + "<br>"));
get_Response().Write(("Is AOL = " + bc.get_AOL() + "<br>"));
get_Response().Write(("Is Win16 = " + bc.get_Win16() + "<br>"));
get_Response().Write(("Is Win32 = " + bc.get_Win32() + "<br>"));
get_Response().Write(("Supports Frames = " + bc.get_Frames() + "<br>"));
get_Response().Write(("Supports Tables = " + bc.get_Tables() + "<br>"));
get_Response().Write(("Supports Cookies = " + bc.get_Cookies()
    + "<br>"));
get_Response().Write(("Supports VB Script = " + bc.get_VBScript()
    + "<br>"));
get_Response().Write(("Supports JavaScript = " + bc.get_JavaScript()
    + "<br>"));
get_Response().Write(("Supports Java Applets = "
    + bc.get_JavaApplets() + "<br>"));
get_Response().Write(("Supports ActiveX Controls = "
    + bc.get_ActiveXControls() + "<br>"));
get_Response().Write(("CDF = " + bc.get_CDF() + "<br>"));

JScript

var bc : HttpBrowserCapabilities = Request.Browser
Response.Write("<p>Browser Capabilities:</p>")
Response.Write("Type = " + bc.Type + "<br>")
Response.Write("Name = " + bc.Browser + "<br>")
Response.Write("Version = " + bc.Version + "<br>")
Response.Write("Major Version = " + bc.MajorVersion + "<br>")
Response.Write("Minor Version = " + bc.MinorVersion + "<br>")
Response.Write("Platform = " + bc.Platform + "<br>")
Response.Write("Is Beta = " + bc.Beta + "<br>")
Response.Write("Is Crawler = " + bc.Crawler + "<br>")
Response.Write("Is AOL = " + bc.AOL + "<br>")
Response.Write("Is Win16 = " + bc.Win16 + "<br>")
Response.Write("Is Win32 = " + bc.Win32 + "<br>")
Response.Write("Supports Frames = " + bc.Frames + "<br>")
Response.Write("Supports Tables = " + bc.Tables + "<br>")
Response.Write("Supports Cookies = " + bc.Cookies + "<br>")
Response.Write("Supports VB Script = " + bc.VBScript + "<br>")
Response.Write("Supports JavaScript = " + bc.JavaScript + "<br>")
Response.Write("Supports Java Applets = " + bc.JavaApplets + "<br>")
Response.Write("Supports ActiveX Controls = " + bc.ActiveXControls + "<br>")
Response.Write("CDF = " + bc.CDF + "<br>")

Platforms

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.

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