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.NET Framework Class Library
HttpResponse..::.Charset Property

Gets or sets the HTTP character set of the output stream.

Namespace: System.Web
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Syntax
Public Property Charset As String
public string Charset { get; set; }
public:
property String^ Charset {
	String^ get ();
	void set (String^ value);
}
member Charset : string with get, set

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The HTTP character set of the output stream.
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
HttpException

The Charset property was set after headers were sent.

Remarks

The Charset property can be set to nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) to suppress the HTTP Content-Type header.

Examples

The following example checks whether the character set of the output stream is Central European (ISO).


If Response.Charset = "iso-8859-2" Then
    '...
End If


if (Response.Charset == "iso-8859-2")
{
    // ...
}

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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.