A Programmer's Guide to .NET

6.8. Practice

In this section we will discuss the following topics:

• getting information about the client browser;

• getting and setting cookies;

• using a cache;

• dealing with configuration;

• applications security;

• sending e-mail;

• maintaining state.

Getting information about the client browser

The HttpBrowserCapabilities class represents the capabilities of the client browser that make a request. An object of the HttpBrowserCapabilities type is accessible via the Browser property of the Request object. The HttpBrowserCapabilities class contains the following properties.

• ActiveXControls Indicates whether or not the client browser supports ActiveX controls.

• AOL Indicates whether or not the client browser is an America Online (AOL) browser.

• BackgroundSounds ...