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HttpCapabilitiesBase.SupportsIModeSymbols Property

Gets a value indicating whether the browser supports i-mode symbols.

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

'Declaration
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property SupportsIModeSymbols As Boolean
'Usage
Dim instance As HttpCapabilitiesBase 
Dim value As Boolean 

value = instance.SupportsIModeSymbols

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the browser supports i-mode symbols; otherwise, false. The default is false.

The SupportsInputMode property applies only to i-mode–compatible devices.

Set i-Phone–specific picture symbols for i-mode–compatible browsers by using the ImageUrl property.

The following code example shows how to determine whether the browser supports i-mode symbols.

<%@ 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)).SupportsIModeSymbols Then
            labelText = "Browser supports i-Mode symbols." 
        Else
            labelText = "Browser does not support i-Mode symbols." 
        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>

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.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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