HttpCapabilitiesBase.ActiveXControls Property (System.Web.Configuration)

ActiveXControls Property

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HttpCapabilitiesBase.ActiveXControls Property

Gets a value indicating whether the browser supports ActiveX controls.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public ReadOnly Property ActiveXControls As Boolean

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As HttpCapabilitiesBase
Dim value As Boolean

value = instance.ActiveXControls

public bool ActiveXControls { get; }

C++

public:
property bool ActiveXControls {
    bool get ();
}

/** @property */
public boolean get_ActiveXControls ()

JScript

public function get ActiveXControls () : boolean

XAML

Not applicable.

Property Value

true if the browser supports ActiveX controls; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Example

The following code example shows how to determine whether the browser supports ActiveX controls.

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

    Sub CheckBrowserCaps()

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

        Label1.Text = labelText

    End Sub '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>

<%@ 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).ActiveXControls)
        {
            labelText = "Browser supports ActiveX Controls";
        }
        else
        {
            labelText = "Browser does not support ActiveX Controls";
        }

        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>

Platforms

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

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

Reference

HttpCapabilitiesBase Class
HttpCapabilitiesBase Members
System.Web.Configuration Namespace