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asp.netinternet-explorer
Grigory Bushuev
Grigory Bushuev

Reputation: 883

IE 11 Request.Browser.ActiveXControls returns false

I've got a problem with IE 11 and ASP.net. Checking:

Request.Browser.ActiveXControls

returns false and Request.Browser returns Mozilla.

How to workaround this issue?

What about using headers["User-Agent"].Contains("Trident")?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1261

Answers (1)

EricLaw
EricLaw

Reputation: 57075

There are multiple factors here. First, see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ieinternals/archive/2013/09/24/10451776.aspx and more specifically http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/dn423948(v=vs.85).aspx -- the IE team made it so checking for the ActiveXObject in the DOM using JavaScript will fail in IE11 mode.

Now, you probably also have outdated browser definition files on your server that lead ASP.NET to incorrectly conclude (via the UA sniffing alone) that IE11 doesn't support ActiveX (which is only partially true). See http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ieinternals/archive/2013/09/21/internet-explorer-11-user-agent-string-ua-string-sniffing-compatibility-with-gecko-webkit.aspx

Upvotes: 2

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