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BrowserInformation.ProductVersion Property

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Gets the product version number of the browser.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Browser
Assembly:  System.Windows.Browser (in System.Windows.Browser.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property ProductVersion As String

public string ProductVersion { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
The product version number of the browser.

Remarks

The product version number indicates the version of the browser product release. This is typically different from the BrowserVersion property value, which indicates the version of the underlying browser technology.

The value of the ProductVersion property is extracted from the UserAgent value.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the BrowserInformation class.

Imports System
Imports System.Windows.Controls
Imports System.Windows.Browser

Public Class Example
   Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)

      outputBlock.Text += vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += "Silverlight can provide browser information:" & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += "Browser Name = " & HtmlPage.BrowserInformation.Name & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += "Browser Version = " & HtmlPage.BrowserInformation.BrowserVersion.ToString() & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += "UserAgent = " & HtmlPage.BrowserInformation.UserAgent & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += "Platform = " & HtmlPage.BrowserInformation.Platform & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += "CookiesEnabled = " & HtmlPage.BrowserInformation.CookiesEnabled.ToString() & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += "ProductName = " & HtmlPage.BrowserInformation.ProductName.ToString() & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += "ProductVersion = " + HtmlPage.BrowserInformation.ProductVersion.ToString()

   End Sub 'Main
End Class 'Sample

using System;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Browser;

public class Example
{
   public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
   {
     outputBlock.Text +=
       "\nSilverlight can provide browser information:\n" +
       "\nBrowser Name = " + HtmlPage.BrowserInformation.Name +
       "\nBrowser Version = " + HtmlPage.BrowserInformation.BrowserVersion.ToString() +
       "\nUserAgent = " + HtmlPage.BrowserInformation.UserAgent +
       "\nPlatform = " + HtmlPage.BrowserInformation.Platform +
       "\nCookiesEnabled = " + HtmlPage.BrowserInformation.CookiesEnabled.ToString() +
       "\nProductName = " + HtmlPage.BrowserInformation.ProductName.ToString() +
       "\nProductVersion = " + HtmlPage.BrowserInformation.ProductVersion.ToString();
   }
}

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.