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HttpCapabilitiesBase.RequiresAttributeColonSubstitution Property

.NET Framework 4

Gets a value indicating whether the browser requires colons in element attribute values to be substituted with a different character.

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

Syntax

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public virtual bool RequiresAttributeColonSubstitution { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the browser requires colons in element attribute values to be substituted with a different character; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Remarks

Some browsers do not recognize colons in element attribute values. If true, a different character will be substituted on rendering and returned in postback data.

Examples

The following code example shows how to determine whether the browser requires colons in element attribute values to be substituted with a different character.

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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).RequiresAttributeColonSubstitution)
        {
            labelText = "Browser requires colons in element attributes to be substituted with a different character.";
        }
        else
        {
            labelText = "Browser does not require colons in element attributes to be substituted with a different character.";
        }

        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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