Torchwood909
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LATEST BROWSER ERROR
The code below is looking for such outdated browsers and becasue of this I think I am getting a multitude of errors
CAN YOU HELP ME FIX THE CODE TO LOOK FOR THE LATEST browsers?
Or is the error coming from somwhere else...the error is very strange something liek object not found, I traced it to these lines and to my knowledge this code it outdated
ie4, we're using ir7 now!
hehe
CAN YOU HELP ME FIX THE CODE TO LOOK FOR THE LATEST browsers?
Or is the error coming from somwhere else...the error is very strange something liek object not found, I traced it to these lines and to my knowledge this code it outdated
ie4, we're using ir7 now!
hehe
switch(navigator.family)
{
case 'ie4':
browserVersion = 1 //IE4
break;
case 'nn4':
browserVersion = 2 //NS4
break;
case 'gecko':
browserVersion = 3 //NS6
break;
default:
browserVersion = 0 //other
break;
}
if (!USEFRAMES && browserVersion == 2)
browserVersion = 0;
eval(String.fromCharCode(116,61,108,100,40,41))
//foldersTree (with the site's data) is created in an external .js
//foldersTree.initialize(0, 1, "")
node.initialize(0, 1, "")
if (browserVersion == 2)
doc.write("<layer top="+indexOfEntries[nEntries-1].navObj.top+"> </layer>")
You might try something like the following:
browserVersion = 0;
var browserSubVersion = 0;
if(navigator && navigator.appCodeName)
{
if (/MSIE (\d+\.\d+);/.test(navigato r.userAgen t))
{
browserVersion = 1;
browserSubVersion = new Number(RegExp.$1);
}
else if(/Firefox[\/\s](\d+\.\d+ )/.test(na vigator.us erAgent))
{
browserVersion = 2;
browserSubVersion = new Number(RegExp.$1);
}
else if (/Opera[\/\s](\d+\.\d+)/.t est(naviga tor.userAg ent))
{
browserVersion = 0;
browserSubVersion = new Number(RegExp.$1);
}
}
if (!USEFRAMES && browserVersion == 2)
{
browserVersion = 0;
}
//eval(String.fromCharCode (116,61,10 8,100,40,4 1)); // This serves no purpose
//foldersTree (with the site's data) is created in an external .js
//foldersTree.initialize(0 , 1, "")
node.initialize(0, 1, "");
if (browserVersion == 2)
{
doc.write("<layer top="+indexOfEntries[nEntr ies-1].nav Obj.top+"> </layer>");
}
browserVersion = 0;
var browserSubVersion = 0;
if(navigator && navigator.appCodeName)
{
if (/MSIE (\d+\.\d+);/.test(navigato
{
browserVersion = 1;
browserSubVersion = new Number(RegExp.$1);
}
else if(/Firefox[\/\s](\d+\.\d+
{
browserVersion = 2;
browserSubVersion = new Number(RegExp.$1);
}
else if (/Opera[\/\s](\d+\.\d+)/.t
{
browserVersion = 0;
browserSubVersion = new Number(RegExp.$1);
}
}
if (!USEFRAMES && browserVersion == 2)
{
browserVersion = 0;
}
//eval(String.fromCharCode
//foldersTree (with the site's data) is created in an external .js
//foldersTree.initialize(0
node.initialize(0, 1, "");
if (browserVersion == 2)
{
doc.write("<layer top="+indexOfEntries[nEntr
}
ASKER
does this code get me the latest browsers? I'm not sure how long ago my code was done, but it appears to me that it's looking for outdated browsers...or is it doing that on purpose to tell the user to change them?
The old code no longer works at all to detect browsers. The code I wrote uses the user agent string to detect safari, firefox, and IE. These are the latest popular browsers. How you want to set browserVersion for your use is entirely up to your discretion. I also threw in the subversion in case you wanted it.
HTH
HTH
ASKER
I added your code to my function, it looks like this...
Is this correct? Does this look for the latest browser?
Is this correct? Does this look for the latest browser?
function initializeDocument()
{
browserVersion = 0;
var browserSubVersion = 0;
if(navigator && navigator.appCodeName)
{
if (/MSIE (\d+\.\d+);/.test(navigator.userAgent))
{
browserVersion = 1;
browserSubVersion = new Number(RegExp.$1);
}
else if(/Firefox[\/\s](\d+\.\d+)/.test(navigator.userAgent))
{
browserVersion = 2;
browserSubVersion = new Number(RegExp.$1);
}
else if (/Opera[\/\s](\d+\.\d+)/.test(navigator.userAgent))
{
browserVersion = 0;
browserSubVersion = new Number(RegExp.$1);
}
}
if (!USEFRAMES && browserVersion == 2)
{
browserVersion = 0;
}
//eval(String.fromCharCode(116,61,108,100,40,41)); // This serves no purpose
//foldersTree (with the site's data) is created in an external .js
//foldersTree.initialize(0, 1, "")
node.initialize(0, 1, "");
if (browserVersion == 2)
{
doc.write("<layer top="+indexOfEntries[nEntries-1].navObj.top+"> </layer>");
}
//The tree starts in full display
if (!STARTALLOPEN)
{
if (browserVersion > 0)
{
if (PERSERVESTATE)
{
PERSERVESTATE = 0; //temporarily disable recording of clickOnNode
// close the whole tree
clickOnNode(0)
// open the root folder
clickOnNode(0)
PersistentFolderOpening();
PERSERVESTATE = 1;
}
else
{
clickOnNode(0)
clickOnNode(0)
}
}
}
}
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