HttpRequest.UserAgent Property (System.Web)

UserAgent Property

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2008/.NET Framework 3.5

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.NET Framework Class Library

HttpRequest..::.UserAgent Property

Gets the raw user agent string of the client browser.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public ReadOnly Property UserAgent As String

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As HttpRequest
Dim value As String

value = instance.UserAgent

public string UserAgent { get; }

Visual C++

public:
property String^ UserAgent {
    String^ get ();
}

JScript

public function get UserAgent () : String

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The raw user agent string of the client browser.

Examples

The following code example assigns the type identification of the requesting browser to a string variable.

Visual Basic

Dim userAgent As String
 userAgent= Request.UserAgent
 If userAgent.IndexOf("MSIE 6.0") > -1 Then
    ' The browser is Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.
 End If

String userAgent;
userAgent = Request.UserAgent;
if (userAgent.IndexOf("MSIE 6.0") > -1) 
{
   // The browser is Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 6.0.
}

JScript

var userAgent : String = Request.UserAgent
if(userAgent.IndexOf("MSIE 6.0") > -1)
{
  // The browser is Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.
}

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, 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.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

HttpBrowserCapabilities

Browser

Other Resources

ASP.NET Web Server Controls and Browser Capabilities

clientTarget Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)