HttpRequest.ContentEncoding Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web

Assembly:

System.Web.dll

Gets or sets the character set of the entity-body.

public:
 property System::Text::Encoding ^ ContentEncoding { System::Text::Encoding ^ get(); void set(System::Text::Encoding ^ value); };

public System.Text.Encoding ContentEncoding { get; set; }

member this.ContentEncoding : System.Text.Encoding with get, set

Public Property ContentEncoding As Encoding

Property Value

Encoding

An Encoding object representing the client's character set.

Examples

The following code example assigns a value representing the description of the current HTTP encoding to a string variable.

String EncodingType;
 EncodingType = Request.ContentEncoding.EncodingName;

Dim EncodingType As String
 EncodingType = Request.ContentEncoding.EncodingName
   

Remarks

Default content encoding can be specified in the globalization Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema) of a configuration file. If content encoding is also specified by the client, the default configuration settings are overridden.