if then browser code works great! need platform detection as well 2

[tellersix]

THIS CODE WORKS GREAT BUT I NEED TO EXPAND IT TO ACCOUNT FOR PLATFORM AS WELL AS BROWSER.

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=&quot;Javascript&quot;>
if ( document.all )
window.resizeTo(369,500); // IE size
else
window.resizeTo(369,500); // others
</SCRIPT>

SOMETHING LIKE THIS EXAMPLE WRITTEN IN LAYMAN'S TERMS:

IF MACINTOSH
if ( document.all )
window.resizeTo(100,200); // IE size
else
window.resizeTo(300,400); // others

IF PC
if ( document.all )
window.resizeTo(500,600); // IE size
else
window.resizeTo(700,800); // others

 

[jemminger]

&quot;navigator.platform&quot; is the property you want to look at...i get &quot;Win32&quot; in IE6 and Moz Firebird on Win2k Pro...don't know what Mac shows

if (navigator.platform == &quot;Win32&quot
// windows code
else if (navigator.platform == &quot;whateverMacIs&quot
// mac code



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-jeff

http://www.jeffemminger.com

try { succeed(); } catch(E) { tryAgain(); }

 

[tellersix]

WOULD IT LOOK LIKE THIS? I GUESS I'M CURIOUS: IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE AN &quot;IF THEN&quot; STATEMENT EMBEDED WITH IN AN &quot;IF THEN&quot; STATEMENT?

if (navigator.platform == &quot;Win32&quot
  //  if ( document.all )
    window.resizeTo(100,200); // IE size
else
    window.resizeTo(300,400); // others
else if (navigator.platform == &quot;whateverMacIs&quot
  //  if ( document.all )
    window.resizeTo(500,600); // IE size
else
    window.resizeTo(700,800); // others

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

tellersix,

Try something like this:

function browserDetect()
{
	this.agent = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
//	this.majorVer = parseInt(navigator.appVersion);
//	this.minorVer = parseFloat(navigator.appVersion);
	this.ns = ((this.agent.indexOf('mozilla')!=-1) && ((this.agent.indexOf('spoofer')==-1) && (this.agent.indexOf('compatible') == -1)));
	this.ie = ((this.agent.indexOf("msie") != -1) && (this.agent.indexOf("opera") == -1));
	this.ns6 = (this.ns && (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Netscape6') != -1));
	this.ns7 = (this.ns && (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Netscape/7') != -1));
	this.ie55 = (this.ie && this.agent.indexOf("msie 5.5") != -1);
	this.ie5 = (this.ie && this.agent.indexOf("msie 5") != -1 && !this.ie55);
	this.safari = (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari') != -1);
	this.win = (this.agent.indexOf("win")!=-1);
	this.mac = (this.agent.indexOf("mac")!=-1);
}

var browserVersion = new browserDetect()

if (browserVersion.ie && browserVersion.win) {	// ie/win }
if (browserVersion.ie5 && browserVersion.win) {	// ie5/win }
if (browserVersion.ns7 && browserVersion.win) {	// ns7/win }
if (browserVersion.ie && browserVersion.mac) {	// ie/mac }

// etc etc etc

I'm unsure as to where I picked up this code snippet, but I've modified it slightly to provide support for more browser versions.

Hope this helps!

Dan

 

[tellersix]

i am lost, though eager to find my way. let me re phrase what my goal is here. forgive my lack of knowledge i am learning as fast as can.

i need to resize my window on load

i need the window to ask: is this user running windows or mac?

if the user is running a mac i need the window to resize to one size for explorer and a different size for navigator.

if the user is running windows i need the window to resize to one size for explorer and a different size for navigator.

four possible sizes one for win/explorer one for mac/explorer one for win/navigator and one for mac/navigator, none of the four sizes are the same.

i know there are many more browsers beyond explorer, but, in the name of my ignorance i feel it wise to start small and expand. if the code posted above does what i have just described here, i am unable to see it, and perhapse i should hit the books again, but, even if someone could verify that the code above does infact address what i have described; that would be just as helpful as telling me that it is wrong. thanks and take care.

 

[jammer1221]

tellersix
here is a very simple script that does just what your looking for i think and it doesn't do any more...it is possible to make it do more but here it is,

<script>
<!--//
if (navigator.appName==&quot;Netscape&quot; && navigator.platform==&quot;win32&quot;) {
window.resizeTo(100,200); //or whatever you need for netscape and windows
}
else if(navigator.appName==&quot;Netscape&quot; && navigator.platform!=&quot;win32&quot;) {
window.resizeTo(300,400); //or whatever you need for netscape and mac
}
else if(navigator.appName==&quot;Microsoft Internet Explorer&quot; && navigator.platform==&quot;win32&quot;) {
window.resizeTo(500,600); //or whatever you need for IE and Windows
}
else if(navigator.appName==&quot;Microsoft Internet Explorer&quot; && navigator.platform!=&quot;win32&quot;) {
window.resizeTo(800,550); //whatever you need for IE and Mac
}

//-->
</script>

Hope that helps, just to let ya know the codes above really do work it just might be hard to understand if your a beginner so you should save both and use the more complicated one for a 'learning tool'.
Jammer1221

 

[jammer1221]

whoops that doesn't work...the navigator.platform does not work...i'm looking for the correct syntax though
sorry

 

[jammer1221]

Ok heres the new code

<script>
<!--//
if (navigator.appName==&quot;Netscape&quot; && navigator.userAgent.indexOf(&quot;Win&quot;)) {
window.resizeTo(100,200); //or whatever you need for netscape and windows
}
else if(navigator.appName==&quot;Netscape&quot; && navigator.userAgent.indexOf(&quot;Mac&quot;)) {
window.resizeTo(300,400); //or whatever you need for netscape and mac
}
else if(navigator.appName==&quot;Microsoft Internet Explorer&quot; && navigator.userAgent.indexOf(&quot;Win&quot;)) {
window.resizeTo(500,600); //or whatever you need for IE and Windows
}
else if(navigator.appName==&quot;Microsoft Internet Explorer&quot; && navigator.userAgent.indexOf(&quot;Mac&quot;)) {
window.resizeTo(500,600); //or whatever you need for IE and Mac
}
//-->
</script>

what i fixed was the navigator.platform(&quot;win32&quot as that meant any windows 2000 and above...this new way i think will use any windows Operating Systems.
So i hope this new script helps
jammer1221

 

[tellersix]

jammer 1221 i gave you a star because i really appreciate the effort you put into answering my question, it means a lot to me. it is because of this appreciation that it is diffucult for me to say that the code above results in the same window size when opened on a mac or windows machine (for me). perhapse it is my error, and in any case thank you very much.

 

[jammer1221]

Well did you change the size to resize to in the script...becuase i accidentally kept them the same so for either mac or windows using IE would result in a window with 500,600. If you did change that then i don't know what happened becuase i dont have a mac to test on.
sorry it didnt work out for ya
jammer1221