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
Dim instance As HttpRequest
Dim value As HttpBrowserCapabilities
value = instance.Browser
instance.Browser = value
public HttpBrowserCapabilities Browser { get; set; }
public:
property HttpBrowserCapabilities^ Browser {
HttpBrowserCapabilities^ get ();
void set (HttpBrowserCapabilities^ value);
}
/** @property */
public HttpBrowserCapabilities get_Browser ()
/** @property */
public void set_Browser (HttpBrowserCapabilities value)
public function get Browser () : HttpBrowserCapabilities
public function set Browser (value : HttpBrowserCapabilities)
Property Value
An
HttpBrowserCapabilities object listing the capabilities of the client's browser.
Example
The following code example sends a list of the browser's capabilities back to the client in an HTML page.
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>"));
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 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.
Version Information
.NET Framework
Supported in: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
See Also