WebResponse::ContentLength Property
When overridden in a descendant class, gets or sets the content length of data being received.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
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| NotSupportedException | Any attempt is made to get or set the property, when the property is not overridden in a descendant class. |
The ContentLength property contains the length, in bytes, of the response from the Internet resource. For request methods that contain header information, the ContentLength does not include the length of the header information.
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The WebResponse class is an abstract class. The actual behavior of WebResponse instances at run time is determined by the descendant class returned by WebRequest::GetResponse. For more information about default values and exceptions, please see the documentation for the descendant classes, such as HttpWebResponse and FileWebResponse. |
The following example uses the ContentLength property to obtain the Length of the resource returned.
// Create a 'WebRequest' with the specified url. WebRequest^ myWebRequest = WebRequest::Create( "http://www.contoso.com" ); // Send the 'WebRequest' and wait for response. WebResponse^ myWebResponse = myWebRequest->GetResponse(); // Display the content length and content type received as headers in the response object. Console::WriteLine( "\nContent length : {0}, Content Type : {1}", myWebResponse->ContentLength, myWebResponse->ContentType ); // Release resources of response object. myWebResponse->Close();
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.
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