Re: Need advice on reliable way to identify IE as the browser

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

User agent is what I have been using but I haven't had to deal with Safari.

var isIE = navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE') != -1;

Pete

vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Have a CGI app that builds a page with some Javascript - it can try to use an ActiveX object, but, of course, that is invalid in Firefox - or at least I will treat it as such.
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> I've looked at some ways to know that the browser is IE - UserAgent I think is one but things like Opera can make themselves look like IE for part of it.
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> The use of the ActiveX object involves a javascript:void that calls a function. That function tries to execute a function in the ActiveX object. I have tried a try-catch around the javascript:void but am seeing - doh - that there will never be an error at that point that I can respond to - or is there?
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> In firefox, the call to the ActiveX function does generate an error, but it's buried in the javascript:void.
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> So what are my options? Back to useragent or whatever it's called? - have to check google again. Or is there a way to check some error back where I use the javascript:void?
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> Or something else!!
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> Thanks
> Vern
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