BrowserName (Function)

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Examples of browser names
Examples of browser names
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Pre-launched sessions

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BrowserName (Function)

In french: NavigateurNom

Returns the name of the browser of the Web user ("user agent"). The browser name is returned by the navigation software of the Web user.

Example

NameOfBrowser is string
NameOfBrowser = BrowserName()
IF Position(NameOfBrowser, "MSIE") <> 0 THEN
// The browser is Internet Explorer
ELSE
// The browser can be Netscape, Mozilla, Opera ...
END

IF BrowserName() ~= "Microsoft Internet Explorer" THEN
// The browser is Internet Explorer
ELSE
// The browser can be Netscape, Mozilla, Opera ...
END

Syntax

<Result> = BrowserName()

<Result>: Character string

Name of the browser of the Web user.

Remarks

Examples of browser names

The name returned changes according to the version and to the browser. Some examples of names returned for the most common browsers:

Internet Explorer 6:
- example of name returned in server code: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible;MSIE 6.0;Windows NT 5.1;SV1;.NET CLR 1.1.4322)
- example of name returned in browser code: Microsoft Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer 7:
- example of name returned in server code: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible;MSIE 7.0;Windows NT 5.1;SV1;.NET CLR 1.1.4322)
- example of name returned in browser code: Microsoft Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer 8:
- example of name returned in server code: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)
- example of name returned in browser code: Microsoft Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer on Windows Mobile 6:
- example of name returned in server code: PPC; 240x320; HTC_P3450/1.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 7.6)
- example of name returned in browser code: ""
FireFox 1.0:
- example of name returned in server code: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows;U;Windows NT 5.1;en-US;rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.0.7
- example of name returned in browser code: Netscape
FireFox 1.5:
- example of name returned in server code: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows;U;Windows NT 5.1;fr;rv:1.8.0.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.5.0.12
- example of name returned in browser code: Netscape
FireFox 2.0:
- example of name returned in server code: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows;U;Windows NT 5.1;en-US;rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/2.0.0.4
- example of name returned in browser code: Netscape
Opera:
- example of name returned in server code: Opera/9.20 (Windows NT 5.1;U;fr)
- example of name returned in browser code: Opera
Opera on Windows Mobile 6:
- example of name returned in server code: Opera/9.7 (Windows Mobile; PPC; Opera Mobi/35166; U; en) Presto/2.2.1
- example of name returned in browser code: Opera
Netscape 6:
- example of name returned in server code: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows;U;Windows NT 5.0;en-US;rm18) Gecko/20001108 Netscape6/6.0
- example of name returned in browser code: Netscape
Google Chrome 3 (Windows version):
- example of name returned in server code: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/532.0 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/3.0.195.27 Safari/532.0
- example of name returned in browser code: Netscape
Safari 4 (Windows version):
- example of name returned in server code: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr-FR) AppleWebKit/530.17 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Safari/530.17
- example of name returned in browser code: Netscape
Safari on iPhone:
- example of name returned in server code: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 3_1 like Mac OS X; fr-fr) AppleWebKit/528.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile/7C144 Safari/528.16
- example of name returned in browser code: Netscape

Examples of browser names

The name returned changes according to the version and to the browser. Some examples of names returned for the most common browsers:

Internet Explorer 6: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible;MSIE 6.0;Windows NT 5.1;SV1;.NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Internet Explorer 11: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; Trident/7.0; rv:11.0) like Gecko
Edge on Windows 10: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/42.0.2311.135 Safari/537.36 Edge/12.10240
Edge on Windows 10 Mobile: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows Phone 10.0; Android 4.2.1; NOKIA; Lumia 1320) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/46.0.2486.0 Mobile Safari/537.36 Edge/13.10581
FireFox 44.0: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:44.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/44.0"
Google Chrome 47 (Windows version): Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/47.0.2526.58 Safari/537.36
Safari (MacOS version): Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_11_1) AppleWebKit/601.2.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/9.0.1 Safari/601.2.7
Safari on iPhone: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 9_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/601.1.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/9.0 Mobile/13B143 Safari/601.1

Special case

In Internet Explorer 11, BrowserName operates properly only if the page is in HTML 4 format without reference to the DTD file.

Versions 20 and later

Pre-launched sessions

If your project uses pre-launched sessions, this function must not be used in the project "Initializing" event. This function must be used in the event "Initializing the project after connection to the site".

New in version 20

Pre-launched sessions

Component : wd240page.dll