clientInformation Object

Contains information about the browser.

Members Table

Property	Description
appCodeName	Retrieves the code name of the browser.
appMinorVersion	Retrieves the application's minor version value.
appName	Retrieves the name of the browser.
appVersion	Retrieves the platform and version of the browser.
browserLanguage	Retrieves the current browser language.
cookieEnabled	Retrieves whether client-side persistent cookies are enabled in the browser. 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 in global offline mode.
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.

Collection	Description
plugins	Retrieves a collection of all embed objects within the document.

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

Object	Description
userProfile	Provides methods that allow a script to request read access to and perform read actions on a user's profile information.

Remarks

This object is available in script as of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.

Examples

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

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JScript">
if (window.clientInformation.userAgent.indexOf( "MSIE " ) > 0)
    // The browser is Microsoft Internet Explorer.
</SCRIPT>

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

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JScript">
if (window.clientInformation.javaEnabled() == true )
    // Java is enabled; applets can run.
</SCRIPT>

Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this object.

Applies To

	window

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