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

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Alfredo

You are a gentleman and a schoolbus!!!

Works beautifully. And it fits my goal, as recommended these days, of testing the function, not the browser.

Much thanks - I owe you a Dr Pepper!
Vern

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Alfredo Delgado" <adelgado@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

> How about just checking if there's ActiveX? 
>
> var isIE = window.ActiveXObject ? true : false; 
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 9:17 AM, 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. 
> >
> > 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. 
> >
> > 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? 
> >
> > In firefox, the call to the ActiveX function does generate an error, but 
> > it's buried in the javascript:void. 
> >
> > 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? 
> >
> > Or something else!! 
> >
> > Thanks 
> > Vern 
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