HttpCapabilitiesBase.RequiresHtmlAdaptiveErrorReporting Property

Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.Configuration
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Gets a value indicating whether the browser requires nonstandard error messages.

public:
 virtual property bool RequiresHtmlAdaptiveErrorReporting { bool get(); };
public virtual bool RequiresHtmlAdaptiveErrorReporting { get; }
member this.RequiresHtmlAdaptiveErrorReporting : bool
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property RequiresHtmlAdaptiveErrorReporting As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

true if the browser requires nonstandard error messages; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Examples

The following code example shows how to determine whether the browser requires nonstandard error messages.

<%@ 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).RequiresHtmlAdaptiveErrorReporting)
        {
            labelText = "Browser requires non-standard standard error messages.";
        }
        else
        {
            labelText = "Browser does not require non-standard standard error messages.";
        }

        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>

<%@ 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)).RequiresHtmlAdaptiveErrorReporting Then
            labelText = "Browser requires non-standard standard error messages."
        Else
            labelText = "Browser does not require non-standard standard error messages."
        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>

Remarks

If true, the browser does not properly render HTTP error messages. To correct this, server control adapters generate a custom error page for the browser.

Applies to