HttpResponse.ContentEncoding Property

Definition

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

public:
 property System::Text::Encoding ^ ContentEncoding { System::Text::Encoding ^ get(); void set(System::Text::Encoding ^ value); };
public System.Text.Encoding ContentEncoding { get; set; }
member this.ContentEncoding : System.Text.Encoding with get, set
Public Property ContentEncoding As Encoding

Property Value

A Encoding object that contains information about the character set of the current response.

Exceptions

Attempted to set ContentEncoding to null.

Examples

The following example writes a human-readable description of the character set encoding to the output stream.

Response.Write (Response.ContentEncoding.EncodingName);

Response.Write (Response.ContentEncoding.EncodingName)
    

Remarks

Default ContentEncoding can be specified in an ASP.NET configuration file in the globalization Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema) section. If ContentEncoding is specified by the client, the default configuration settings are overridden.

Applies to