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Gets or sets the content of the "description" meta element.
(in System.Web.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<BindableAttribute(True)> _
Public Property MetaDescription As String
Get
Set
Dim instance As Page
Dim value As String
value = instance.MetaDescription
instance.MetaDescription = value
[BindableAttribute(true)]
public string MetaDescription { get; set; }
[BindableAttribute(true)]
public:
property String^ MetaDescription {
String^ get ();
void set (String^ value);
}
[<BindableAttribute(true)>]
member MetaDescription : string with get, set
<asp:Page MetaDescription="String" />
| Exception | Condition |
|---|
| InvalidOperationException | The page does not have a header control (a head element with the runat attribute set to "server"). |
HTML meta elements can be used to improve search-engine listings. The "description" meta element is used by some search engines to improve listing previews.
If there is no "description" meta element in the head element of the page markup, the meta element is added to the page when the page is rendered. If the page markup already has a "description" meta element, this property gets or sets the content attribute of the meta element.
You can also set this property in the @ Page directive.
If you set the MetaDescription property of a page to "ASP.NET Overview", the following element will appear in the rendered HTML:
<meta name="description" content="ASP.NET Overview" />
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003
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.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 4
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