Jscript - distinguishing between IE and Webbrowser

[xoggoth]

Is there any simple way for jscript to be able to distinguish if the page is running in IE or in a webbrowser in VB.? All the navigator properties are the same either way.

Have thought of using the VB beforenavigate method to modify the URL with a marker, but are there any neater methods like a simple flag one can set?

Ta for any ideas.

[DimPrawn]

The web browser control is IE (just the window is hosted in VB, that's the only difference).

As far as the JavaScript is concerned, it's IE.

Why does your JavaScript need to know?

[xoggoth]

Cheers dim.

It's educational stuff where pupils can choose say from a selection of newspaper layouts in Publisher or Word.

If they are using the VB browser I can use beforenavigate2 to open the selected documents properly (not that limited OLE thing) in Publisher or Word.

I can't do that from jscript in IE due to the security restrictions, so would like to present alternative text and controls, even if only a message to say they need to use the browser provided.

[EddieC]

Probably not much help, but can't you hard code in some kind of parameter thingy in the vb version?

E.g. http://www.slugshavefeelings.com/ban...isusingvb=true

Then you can decide which way to open the report based on what is passed in the Url.

I've just noticed that this makes my quadruple Nelson post. Bugger, now I'll have to hop on one leg until I think of something else to post.

[xoggoth]

Re: Re: Jscript - distinguishing between IE and Webbrowser

Think that's the beforenavigate2 intercept method I mentioned eddie, VB sticks something on end of URL, js detects it. Cheers anyhow.

[Moose]

Re: Re: Jscript - distinguishing between IE and Webbrowser

Go to: www.quirksmode.org/js/detect.html
That should sort you out.

[Paul Paranoia]

Re: Re: Jscript - distinguishing between IE and Webbrowser

Simply test for the existance of the document.all object.
If it's there, then your in IE, otherwise its some other browser.