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11/18/2011

BrowserInformation.Name Property

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Gets the name of the browser technology that the current browser is based on.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property Name As String

public string Name { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
The name of the underlying browser technology.

Remarks

The browser technology name is typically different from the browser product name. To get the product name, use the ProductName property.

This property corresponds to the Navigator.appName property of the browser.

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, 3

Platforms

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

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