HttpBrowserCapa bilities not returning correct netscape version

[Earl T]

When I try to get the netscape version for version 7, I get the
HttpBrowserCapa bilities class returning the version as 5 and not 7.
(see code and output below)
CODE
HttpBrowserCapa bilities bc;
string s;
bc = Request.Browser ;
....
s += "Type = " + bc.Type + "<br>" + "\n";
s += "Name = " + bc.Browser + "<br>" + "\n";
s += "Version = " + bc.Version + "<br>" + "\n";
s += "Major Version = " + bc.MajorVersion + "<br>" + "\n";
s += "Minor Version = " + bc.MinorVersion + "<br>" + "\n";
OUTPUT

Type = Netscape5
Name = Netscape
Version = 5.0
Major Version = 5
Minor Version = 0

When I use

s += Request.ServerV ariables["http_user_agen t"];

I get the output

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.2)
Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02

which does contain the version 7.02 in the string.

Do I need to use the ServerVariables string to get the correct version
number or is there a better way???

Earl

[Jim Cheshire [MSFT]]

Earl,

Let me look into this. At first glance, I'd say that the Regular
Expressions in the browserCaps element in the machine.config file need to
be updated to recognize Netscape 7.

I'll update you as soon as I can.

Jim Cheshire [MSFT]
Developer Support
ASP.NET
ja******@online .microsoft.com

This post is provided as-is with no warranties and confers no rights.

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From: ea******@hotmai l.com (Earl T)
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When I try to get the netscape version for version 7, I get the
HttpBrowserCap abilities class returning the version as 5 and not 7.
(see code and output below)
CODE
HttpBrowserCap abilities bc;
string s;
bc = Request.Browser ;
...
s += "Type = " + bc.Type + "<br>" + "\n";
s += "Name = " + bc.Browser + "<br>" + "\n";
s += "Version = " + bc.Version + "<br>" + "\n";
s += "Major Version = " + bc.MajorVersion + "<br>" + "\n";
s += "Minor Version = " + bc.MinorVersion + "<br>" + "\n";
OUTPUT

Type = Netscape5
Name = Netscape
Version = 5.0
Major Version = 5
Minor Version = 0

When I use

s += Request.ServerV ariables["http_user_agen t"];

I get the output

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.2)
Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02

which does contain the version 7.02 in the string.

Do I need to use the ServerVariables string to get the correct version
number or is there a better way???

Earl

[Earl Teigrob]

Jim,

After looking in the BrowserCaps section, I would say you are probably
correct. There is a regular expression to find netscape v6 but not v7. I
tried to add a case statement for v7 but it did not work (maybe because I no
nothing of how this really works)

I am sure that others must have run up against this and found a
solution???(lik e an updated browsercaps section)

Earl
"Jim Cheshire [MSFT]" <ja******@onlin e.microsoft.com > wrote in message
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Earl,

Let me look into this. At first glance, I'd say that the Regular
Expressions in the browserCaps element in the machine.config file need to
be updated to recognize Netscape 7.

I'll update you as soon as I can.

Jim Cheshire [MSFT]
Developer Support
ASP.NET
ja******@online .microsoft.com

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From: ea******@hotmai l.com (Earl T)
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When I try to get the netscape version for version 7, I get the
HttpBrowserCap abilities class returning the version as 5 and not 7.
(see code and output below)
CODE
HttpBrowserCap abilities bc;
string s;
bc = Request.Browser ;
...
s += "Type = " + bc.Type + "<br>" + "\n";
s += "Name = " + bc.Browser + "<br>" + "\n";
s += "Version = " + bc.Version + "<br>" + "\n";
s += "Major Version = " + bc.MajorVersion + "<br>" + "\n";
s += "Minor Version = " + bc.MinorVersion + "<br>" + "\n";
OUTPUT

Type = Netscape5
Name = Netscape
Version = 5.0
Major Version = 5
Minor Version = 0

When I use

s += Request.ServerV ariables["http_user_agen t"];

I get the output

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.2)
Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02

which does contain the version 7.02 in the string.

Do I need to use the ServerVariables string to get the correct version
number or is there a better way???

Earl

[Earl Teigrob]

Jim,

I found this code in another artical on this newsgroup and it now reports
the correct netscape (major) version, which is all I care about. I added it
to my web.config file but suppose I can add it to the machine.config
instead?

Earl
Try this code in your web.config file (place between the <system.web> tags)

<browserCaps>

<case match="Gecko/[-\d]+">

browser=Netscap e

frames=true

tables=true

cookies=true

javascript=true

javaapplets=tru e

ecmascriptversi on=1.5

w3cdomversion=1 .0

css1=true

css2=true

xml=true

tagwriter=Syste m.Web.UI.HtmlTe xtWriter

<case match="rv:1.0[^\.](?'letters'\w*) ">

version=6.0

majorversion=6

minorversion=0

<case match="^b" with="${letters }">

beta=true

</case>

</case>

<case match="rv:1(\.\ d+)(\.\d)?(?'le tters'\w*)">

version=7.0

majorversion=7

minorversion=0

<case match="^b" with="${letters }">

beta=true

</case>

</case>

</case>

</browserCaps>
"Jim Cheshire [MSFT]" <ja******@onlin e.microsoft.com > wrote in message
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Earl,

Let me look into this. At first glance, I'd say that the Regular
Expressions in the browserCaps element in the machine.config file need to
be updated to recognize Netscape 7.

I'll update you as soon as I can.

Jim Cheshire [MSFT]
Developer Support
ASP.NET
ja******@online .microsoft.com

This post is provided as-is with no warranties and confers no rights.

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From: ea******@hotmai l.com (Earl T)
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Subject: HttpBrowserCapa bilities not returning correct netscape version
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When I try to get the netscape version for version 7, I get the
HttpBrowserCap abilities class returning the version as 5 and not 7.
(see code and output below)
CODE
HttpBrowserCap abilities bc;
string s;
bc = Request.Browser ;
...
s += "Type = " + bc.Type + "<br>" + "\n";
s += "Name = " + bc.Browser + "<br>" + "\n";
s += "Version = " + bc.Version + "<br>" + "\n";
s += "Major Version = " + bc.MajorVersion + "<br>" + "\n";
s += "Minor Version = " + bc.MinorVersion + "<br>" + "\n";
OUTPUT

Type = Netscape5
Name = Netscape
Version = 5.0
Major Version = 5
Minor Version = 0

When I use

s += Request.ServerV ariables["http_user_agen t"];

I get the output

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.2)
Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02

which does contain the version 7.02 in the string.

Do I need to use the ServerVariables string to get the correct version
number or is there a better way???

Earl

[Jim Cheshire [MSFT]]

Hi Earl,

You can add it to either. However, if you want it available to any Web
application, the machine.config is probably the way to go.

Jim Cheshire [MSFT]
Developer Support
ASP.NET
ja******@online .microsoft.com

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Jim,

I found this code in another artical on this newsgroup and it now reports
the correct netscape (major) version, which is all I care about. I added it
to my web.config file but suppose I can add it to the machine.config
instead?

Earl
Try this code in your web.config file (place between the <system.web> tags)

<browserCaps >

<case match="Gecko/[-\d]+">

browser=Netsca pe

frames=true

tables=true

cookies=true

javascript=tru e

javaapplets=tr ue

ecmascriptvers ion=1.5

w3cdomversion= 1.0

css1=true

css2=true

xml=true

tagwriter=Syst em.Web.UI.HtmlT extWriter

<case match="rv:1.0[^\.](?'letters'\w*) ">

version=6.0

majorversion =6

minorversion =0

<case match="^b" with="${letters }">

beta=true

</case>

</case>

<case match="rv:1(\.\ d+)(\.\d)?(?'le tters'\w*)">

version=7.0

majorversion =7

minorversion =0

<case match="^b" with="${letters }">

beta=true

</case>

</case>

</case>

</browserCaps>
"Jim Cheshire [MSFT]" <ja******@onlin e.microsoft.com > wrote in message
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Earl,

Let me look into this. At first glance, I'd say that the Regular
Expressions in the browserCaps element in the machine.config file need to
be updated to recognize Netscape 7.

I'll update you as soon as I can.

Jim Cheshire [MSFT]
Developer Support
ASP.NET
ja******@online .microsoft.com

This post is provided as-is with no warranties and confers no rights.

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>From: ea******@hotmai l.com (Earl T)
>Newsgroups: microsoft.publi c.dotnet.framew ork.aspnet
>Subject: HttpBrowserCapa bilities not returning correct netscape version
>Date: 14 Oct 2003 14:11:19 -0700
>Organization : http://groups.google.com
>Lines: 40
>Message-ID: <ad************ **************@ posting.google. com>
>NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.45.135.78
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
>X-Trace: posting.google. com 1066165879 29724 127.0.0.1 (14 Oct 2003

21:11:19 GMT)

>X-Complaints-To: gr**********@go ogle.com
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>
>When I try to get the netscape version for version 7, I get the
>HttpBrowserCap abilities class returning the version as 5 and not 7.
>(see code and output below)
>
>
>CODE
>HttpBrowserCap abilities bc;
>string s;
>bc = Request.Browser ;
>...
>s += "Type = " + bc.Type + "<br>" + "\n";
>s += "Name = " + bc.Browser + "<br>" + "\n";
>s += "Version = " + bc.Version + "<br>" + "\n";
>s += "Major Version = " + bc.MajorVersion + "<br>" + "\n";
>s += "Minor Version = " + bc.MinorVersion + "<br>" + "\n";
>
>
>OUTPUT
>
>Type = Netscape5
>Name = Netscape
>Version = 5.0
>Major Version = 5
>Minor Version = 0
>
>When I use
>
>s += Request.ServerV ariables["http_user_agen t"];
>
>I get the output
>
>Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.2)
>Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02
>
>which does contain the version 7.02 in the string.
>
>Do I need to use the ServerVariables string to get the correct version
>number or is there a better way???
>
>Earl
>