How to get browser name,version,type, operating system in asp.net C#,VB.Net

Introduction: In previous articles i explained How to Count and display remaining characters in the multiline textbox in asp.net  and How to show Validation guidelines in web forms using JavaScript in Asp.net and  How to implement JavaScript validation in asp.net website and Example to implement Jquery form validations and Validate CheckBoxList using JavaScript and Call java script function from code behind file and How to get current page URL/Address in asp.net and How to Validate and upload image files in asp.net. 

In this article I will explain with example How to get/read/retrieve/fetch browser information like Browser Name, Browser Version, Browser Type, Platform/Operating System and also checking its support for JavaScript, Cookie, ActiveX controls etc and more using asp.net. 

Description:  I have tested the code on 3 most popular browsers i.e. Google chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer and got the Browser's information as shown in figure above.
You  will get the results similar to shown in image above but not exactly same because it depends on your browser and operating system you are using .

Implementation: Let’s create an Asp.net web application to check the browser information

C#.Net Code to get browser information

• In the code behind file(.aspx.cs) write the following code on page load event as:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

    {

        HttpBrowserCapabilities objBrwInfo = Request.Browser;

        Response.Write("Browser Name  : " + objBrwInfo.Browser);

        Response.Write("<br>");

        Response.Write("Browser Version  : " + objBrwInfo.Version);     

        Response.Write("<br>");

        Response.Write("Browser Type  : " + objBrwInfo.Type);

        Response.Write("<br>");

        Response.Write("Major version  : " + objBrwInfo.MajorVersion);

        Response.Write("<br>");

        Response.Write("Minor Version  : " + objBrwInfo.MinorVersion);

        Response.Write("<br>");

        Response.Write("Platform/Operating System  : " + objBrwInfo.Platform);

        Response.Write("<br>");

        Response.Write("Is Beta Version  : " + objBrwInfo.Beta);

        Response.Write("<br>");

        Response.Write("Java Script Version  : " + objBrwInfo["JavaScriptVersion"]);

        Response.Write("</br>");

        Response.Write("Supports javascript? : " + objBrwInfo.EcmaScriptVersion);

        Response.Write("</br>");  

        Response.Write("Does browser support cookies? : "  + objBrwInfo.Cookies);

        Response.Write("</br>");

        Response.Write("Search engine web crawler? : "  + objBrwInfo.Crawler);

        Response.Write("</br>");

        Response.Write("Is this a mobile browser? : "  + objBrwInfo.IsMobileDevice);

        Response.Write("</br>");

        Response.Write("ActiveX controls enabled? : " +  objBrwInfo.ActiveXControls);

    }

VB.Net Code to get browser information

• In the code behind file (.aspx.vb) write the following code on page load event as:

Protected Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

        Dim objBrwInfo As HttpBrowserCapabilities = Request.Browser

        Response.Write("Browser Name   : " + objBrwInfo.Browser)

        Response.Write("<br>")

        Response.Write("Browser Version  : " + objBrwInfo.Version)

        Response.Write("<br>")

        Response.Write("Browser Type  : " + objBrwInfo.Type)

        Response.Write("<br>")

        Response.Write("Major version  : " + objBrwInfo.MajorVersion.ToString())

        Response.Write("<br>")

        Response.Write("Minor Version  : " + objBrwInfo.MinorVersion.ToString())

        Response.Write("<br>")

        Response.Write("Platform/Operating System  : " + objBrwInfo.Platform)

        Response.Write("<br>")

        Response.Write("Is Beta Version  : " + objBrwInfo.Beta.ToString())

        Response.Write("<br>")

        Response.Write("Java Script Version  : " + objBrwInfo("JavaScriptVersion"))

        Response.Write("</br>")

        Response.Write("Supports javascript? : " + objBrwInfo.EcmaScriptVersion.ToString())

        Response.Write("</br>")

        Response.Write("Does browser support cookies? : " & objBrwInfo.Cookies.ToString())

        Response.Write("</br>")

        Response.Write("Search engine web crawler? : " & objBrwInfo.Crawler.ToString())

        Response.Write("</br>")

        Response.Write("Is this a mobile browser? : " & objBrwInfo.IsMobileDevice.ToString())

        Response.Write("</br>")

        Response.Write("ActiveX controls enabled? : " & objBrwInfo.ActiveXControls.ToString())

    End Sub

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