clientInformation object

Contains information about the browser.

Members

The clientInformation object has these types of members:

Methods
Properties

Methods

The clientInformation object has these methods.

Method	Description
javaEnabled	Returns whether Java is enabled.
taintEnabled	Returns whether data tainting is enabled.

Properties

The clientInformation object has these properties.

Property	Description
appCodeName	Retrieves the code name.
appMinorVersion	Retrieves the application's minor version value.
appName	Retrieves the name of the client.
appVersion	Retrieves the platform and version of the application.
browserLanguage	Retrieves the current operating system language. Note This property does not indicate the language or languages set by the user in Language Preferences, located in the Internet Options dialog box.
cookieEnabled	Retrieves whether client-side persistent cookies are enabled. Persistent cookies are those that are stored on the client-side computer.
cpuClass	Retrieves a string denoting the CPU class.
onLine	Retrieves a value indicating whether the system is online.
platform	Retrieves the name of the user's operating system.
systemLanguage	Retrieves the default language used by the operating system.
userAgent	Retrieves a string equivalent to the HTTP user-agent request header.
userLanguage	Retrieves the operating system's natural language setting.

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

Examples

This example shows how to determine whether the client can run Java applets.

JavaScript


<script type="text/javascript">
if (window.clientInformation.javaEnabled() == true )
    // Java is enabled; applets can run.
</script>

This example shows how to determine whether the userAgent of the browser contains "MSIE". If it does, the browser is Internet Explorer.

JavaScript


<script type="text/javascript">
if (window.clientInformation.userAgent.indexOf( "MSIE " ) > 0)
    // The browser is Microsoft Internet Explorer.
</script>