String.Compare\Browser Detect\VB

[George]

VS.NET 2002\Web\VB

This is what Request.UserAgent returns for Mozilla Firebird:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007
Firebird/0.7

Is there any reason why this shouldn't work to identify a visitor using that
browser?

If String.Compare(Request.UserAgent, "firebird", True) = True Then

End If

Using Mozilla Firebird, it jumps right over it. As a test, I replaced
"firebird" with "msie," and it catches the IE browser with no problem. So
why not firebird?

I can't use browser name or browser type because it returns Netscape, not
Firebird.

Thanks,
George

 

[Eric Lawrence [MSFT]]

I think you want String.IndexOf, not String.Compare.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...f/html/frlrfsystemstringclassindexoftopic.asp

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Thanks,

Eric Lawrence
Program Manager
Assistance and Worldwide Services

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[George]

Thanks, Eric, that did work. At a loss as to why the other one didn't work,
though.

George

I think you want String.IndexOf, not String.Compare.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...f/html/frlrfsystemstringclassindexoftopic.asp

--
Thanks,

Eric Lawrence
Program Manager
Assistance and Worldwide Services

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

VS.NET 2002\Web\VB

This is what Request.UserAgent returns for Mozilla Firebird:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007
Firebird/0.7

Is there any reason why this shouldn't work to identify a visitor using that
browser?

If String.Compare(Request.UserAgent, "firebird", True) = True Then

End If

Using Mozilla Firebird, it jumps right over it. As a test, I replaced
"firebird" with "msie," and it catches the IE browser with no problem. So
why not firebird?

I can't use browser name or browser type because it returns Netscape, not
Firebird.

Thanks,
George
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[Eric Lawrence [MSFT]]

String.Compare looks to see if the exact string matches (with or without the
case-sensitive flag).

The string "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5)
Gecko/20031007 Firebird/0.7" is not an exact match for the string
"firebird".

--
Thanks,

Eric Lawrence
Program Manager
Assistance and Worldwide Services

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Thanks, Eric, that did work. At a loss as to why the other one didn't work,
though.

George

I think you want String.IndexOf, not String.Compare.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...f/html/frlrfsystemstringclassindexoftopic.asp

--
Thanks,

Eric Lawrence
Program Manager
Assistance and Worldwide Services

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

VS.NET 2002\Web\VB

This is what Request.UserAgent returns for Mozilla Firebird:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007
Firebird/0.7

Is there any reason why this shouldn't work to identify a visitor

using
that

browser?

If String.Compare(Request.UserAgent, "firebird", True) = True Then

End If

Using Mozilla Firebird, it jumps right over it. As a test, I replaced
"firebird" with "msie," and it catches the IE browser with no problem. So
why not firebird?

I can't use browser name or browser type because it returns Netscape, not
Firebird.

Thanks,
George
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