$Web Browser

<section begin="desc" />Retrieve browser version<section end="desc" />

$Web_Browser retrieves the version of the requested browser using the User-agent request header.

Syntax

<section begin="syntax" /> %VSN = $Web_Browser( brand ) <section end="syntax" />

$Web_Browser accepts one required argument and returns a number containing the version of the indicated browser or 0 if the browser is not of the indicated type.

brand	The type of browser for which version is to be checked.

Returns the release of specified browser or 0 if not that browser. Valid browsers are

IE	for Microsoft Internet Explorer&TRADEMARK.,
NS	for Netscape Navigator&TRADEMARK.
OPERA	for, you guessed it, Opera&TRADEMARK..

This function is useful for testing browser type and release:

IF $Web_Browser('IE') THEN

for example, is useful for testing if the browser is any release of Internet Explorer and a

IF $Web_Browser('NS') GE 6 THEN

is useful for testing if the browser is a Netscape Navigator release 6 or later.