Find out OS/Browser/....

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Mufasa

We want to keep track of what OS/Browser people are using for our website.
How can I find that out so that I can write it to a DB ? I know how to get
it into the DB; I just need to know how to get that stuff in .Net.

Thanks.

J.
 
We want to keep track of what OS/Browser people are using for our website.
How can I find that out so that I can write it to a DB ? I know how to get
it into the DB; I just need to know how to get that stuff in .Net.

Thanks.

J.
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Hi,
try the Request.Browser object....

a bit of google goes a long way...

O
 
Hello Mufasa,

See HttpRequest.Browser and HttpRequest.UserAgent;

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M> We want to keep track of what OS/Browser people are using for our
M> website. How can I find that out so that I can write it to a DB ? I
M> know how to get it into the DB; I just need to know how to get that
M> stuff in .Net.
M>
M> Thanks.
M>
M> J.
M>
 
Browser you can find you by reading User_Agent from ServerVaraibles.

Usually staff like that is done with Javascript using Navigator object.
first page that outputted to browser has a JavaScript code that collects all
that info and request a transparent pixel passing all that info as a
parameter.

<script>
....get all info into sVar.....
document.write("<img src=collectdata.aspx?par=" + sVar + " border=0>");
</script>

Good luck. You can look at pretty much any statistical/free counter there
available. They almost all have code to collect visitors data.
GoogleAnalytic for example.

George.
 
Thanks for the info. Problem with google - if you don't know what your
looking for, it can take forever to find anything.

Frequently I've had it where I post a message here and then start googling.
And by the time I find something even close to appropriate, somebody has
already posted here.

But thanks again for the info.

J.
 
Save the following code as "detectBrowser.aspx" and run it :

detectBrowser.aspx:
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<%@ Page Language="VB" Trace = "false" EnableViewState= "false" EnableSessionState = "false" Debug =
"false" %>

<script language="VB" runat="server">

Sub Page_Load(sender as Object, e as EventArgs)
BrowserName.Text = Request.Browser.Type & ", " & Request.Browser.Platform

BrowserData.Text = "Type = " & Request.Browser.Type & "<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "Name = " & Request.Browser.Browser & "<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "Version = " & Request.Browser.Version & "<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "Major Version = " & Request.Browser.MajorVersion & "<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "Minor Version = " & Request.Browser.MinorVersion & "<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "Platform = " & Request.Browser.Platform & "<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "Is Beta = " & Request.Browser.Beta & "<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "Is Crawler = " & Request.Browser.Crawler & "<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "Is AOL = " & Request.Browser.AOL & "<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "Is Win16 = " & Request.Browser.Win16 & "<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "Is Win32 = " & Request.Browser.Win32 & "<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "Supports Frames = " & Request.Browser.Frames & "<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "Supports Tables = " & Request.Browser.Tables & "<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "Supports Cookies = " & Request.Browser.Cookies & "<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "Supports VB Script = " & Request.Browser.VBScript & "<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "Supports JavaScript = " & Request.Browser.JavaScript & "<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "Supports EcmaScript version " & Request.Browser.EcmaScriptVersion.ToString() &
"<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "Supports Java Applets = " & Request.Browser.JavaApplets & "<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "CDF = " & Request.Browser.CDF & "<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "MSDomVersion = " & Request.Browser.MSDomVersion.ToString() & "<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "SupportsCss = " & Request.Browser.SupportsCss.ToString() & "<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "W3CDomVersion = " & Request.Browser.W3CDomVersion.ToString() & "<br>"
BrowserData.Text &= "Http_User_Agent = " & Request.ServerVariables("http_user_agent") & "<br>"
End Sub
</script>

<html>
<body>

Your browser is: <asp:literal id="BrowserName" runat="server" />
<p>
<b><u>Here is part of what was detected about your browser's capabilities:</u></b><br />
<asp:literal runat="server" id="BrowserData" />

</body>
</html>

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HTH...




Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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