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FP97: Sample JavaScript Code to Redirect Page Based on Browser

Article ID: 193063

Article Last Modified on 8/27/2007


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This article was previously published under Q193063
For a Microsoft version of this article, see 193057.

SUMMARY

This article provides sample JavaScript code that redirects a Web browser to a specific page based on which browser you are using.

MORE INFORMATION

NOTE: The following JavaScript has been tested in Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 3.0 and 4.0 and Netscape Navigator versions 3.0 and 4.0.

To redirect the browser using a script, follow these steps:
  1. Start FrontPage Editor and open the HTML page you want to edit.
  2. On the Insert menu, click Script.
  3. In the Language section, click JavaScript.
  4. In the Script box, type the following script:
          var version = navigator.appVersion;
    
          // sets variable = browser version
          if (version.indexOf("MSIE") != -1)
          // checks to see if using IE
             {
             window.location.href="ie.htm"
             /* If using IE, it shows this page
             replace ie.htm with page name */ 
          }else
          window.open("other.htm", target="_self")
          /* else open other page
          replace other.html with page name */ 
    						
  5. Click OK.
  6. On the File menu, click Save.
  7. Open the page in a Web browser that supports client-side scripting.

REFERENCES

For more information about JavaScript, please see the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:

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