HttpCapabilitiesBase.SupportsQueryStringInFormAction Property

Gets a value indicating whether the browser supports a query string in the action attribute value of HTML <form> elements.

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

public virtual bool SupportsQueryStringInFormAction { get; }
/** @property */
public boolean get_SupportsQueryStringInFormAction ()

public function get SupportsQueryStringInFormAction () : boolean

Not applicable.

Property Value

true if the browser supports a query string in the action attribute value of HTML <form> elements; otherwise, false. The default is true.

If false, query string parameters are sent, in postback data, as HTML <input> elements with the type attributes set to hidden.

The following code example shows how to determine whether the browser supports a query string in the value for the action attribute of HTML <form> elements.

<%@ page language="C#"%>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
    void Page_Load(Object Sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        CheckBrowserCaps();
    }

    void CheckBrowserCaps()
    {
        String labelText = "";
        System.Web.HttpBrowserCapabilities myBrowserCaps = Request.Browser;
        if (((System.Web.Configuration.HttpCapabilitiesBase)myBrowserCaps).SupportsQueryStringInFormAction)
        {
            labelText = "Browser supports a query string in the value for the ACTION attribute of HTML FORM elements.";
        }
        else
        {
            labelText = "Browser does not support a query string in the value for the ACTION attribute of HTML FORM elements.";
        }

        Label1.Text = labelText;
    }
</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 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

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