HttpCapabilitiesBase.JavaScript Property

 
Note: This API is now obsolete.

Gets a value indicating whether the browser supports JavaScript.

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

<ObsoleteAttribute("The recommended alternative is the EcmaScriptVersion property. A Major version value greater than or equal to 1 implies JavaScript support. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202")>
Public ReadOnly Property JavaScript As Boolean

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean

true if the browser supports JavaScript; otherwise, false. The default is false.

If the browser supports JavaScript but scripting is disabled through a security setting, the JavaScript property will return true but script will not execute on the browser.

The following code example shows how to determine whether the browser supports JavaScript.

<%@ page language="VB" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
    Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        CheckBrowserCaps()
    End Sub

    Function CheckBrowserCaps()

        Dim labelText As String = ""
        Dim myBrowserCaps As System.Web.HttpBrowserCapabilities = Request.Browser
        If (CType(myBrowserCaps, System.Web.Configuration.HttpCapabilitiesBase)).JavaScript Then
            labelText = "Browser supports JavaScript."
        Else
            labelText = "Browser does not support JavaScript."
        End If

        Label1.Text = labelText

    End Function 'CheckBrowserCaps
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title>Browser Capabilities Sample</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form runat="server" id="form1">
        <div>
            Browser Capabilities:
            <p/><asp:Label ID="Label1" Runat="server" />
        </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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