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HttpCapabilitiesBase.Browser Property

.NET Framework 4

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Gets the browser string (if any) that was sent by the browser in the User-Agent request header.

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

Syntax

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public string Browser { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
The contents of the User-Agent request header sent by the browser.

Examples

The following code example shows how to determine the User-Agent request header sent by the browser.

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<%@ 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).Browser.ToUpper().IndexOf("IE") >= 0)
        {
            labelText = "Browser is Internet Explorer.";
        }
        else
        {
            labelText = "Browser is not Internet Explorer.";
        }

        Label1.Text = labelText;
    }
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<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>

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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

Reference

HttpCapabilitiesBase Class

System.Web.Configuration Namespace

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