ASP Browser Capabilities Component

The Browser Capabilities component determines which features a browser supports. This component uses two files: Browscap.ini and Browscap.dll (libchilicap.so and libchilicap.ini on UNIX).

Syntax: ASP Browser Capabilities Component

Set BrowserType = Server.CreateObject("MSWC.BrowserType")

Parameters: ASP Browser Capabilities Component

BrowserType

Specifies the name of the object created by the call to Server.CreateObject.

When a client requests a page from the server, the HTTP header includes a user agent ASCII string that specifies the browser software name and version. The Browser Capabilities component searches for this string in the Browser Capabilities component Browsecap.ini file. When it finds a match, the properties of the client browser are read and the server adopts the properties of the browser.

The following table lists the minimum set of properties that ASP always checks:

Property	Description
ActiveXControls	Support for Active X Controls.
Backgroundsounds	Support for background sounds.
Beta	Is browser beta software?
Browser	Browser name.
Cookies	Support for cookies.
Frames	Support for frames.
Javaapplets	Support for Java applets.
Javascript	Support for JavaScript.
Majorver	Major version number of the browser.
Minorver	Minor version number of the browser.
Parent	Parent browser (as defined in browscap.ini).
Platform	User's operating system.
Tables	Support for HTML tables.
Vbscript	Support for VBScript.
Version	Full version number of the browser.