User Browser Detection

[jmoshier]

Hello all,
I was wondering if there was a way in coldfusion to detect what browser and
version a user is on?

I have a page that has a flash movie and a DHTML menu. In netscape 6 and in
opera 7 the menu is hidden behind the flash movie. What I would like to do is
detect if a user has either of these browsers and display a static image in
place of the flash movie. I know how to code the if else statement but unsure
how to find what browser they are on.

Thanks for your help in advance.
jlmoshier

[s0mus]

[url]http://www.moock.org/webdesign/flash/detection/moockfpi/[/url]

[jmoshier]

s0mus,
Thanks for the reply but I am trying to detect a certain browser not if they have a certain flash player.

Thanks,
jlmoshier

[Cruze]

If your problem is that your dhtml is behind flash in Opera or NS, than this
solution can help you too! I have the same problem for a project so i found
this solution and it works fine in IE, FF, Opera, Ns... You need special
parameters for the flash object! You need the following: <param
name='wmode' value='transparent' /> and in the embed tag
wmode='transparent' You can test it online here:
[url]http://www.carlebachmuehle.de[/url] <object
classid='clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000'
codebase='http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve
rsion=6,0,0,0' width='270' height='400'> <param
name='allowScriptAccess' value='sameDomain' /> <param name='movie'
value='galerie.swf' /> <param name='quality' value='high' />
<param name='menu' value='false' /> <param name='wmode'
value='transparent' /> <embed src='galerie.swf' quality='high'
allowscriptaccess='sameDomain' wmode='transparent'
pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer'
type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='270' height='400'></embed>
</object> Felix

[jmoshier]

Cruze,
I went to go look at your site in opera 7 and in netscape 6.2 and your
dropdown menus are behind the flash image. I do have the transparent value for
wmode set in my flash file but even on macromedia's site it says this option
only works in netscape 7+ and not in opera at all.
Here is the link
[url]http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14201[/url]

Thanks for your help
jlmoshier

[jmoshier]

If anyone is interested I found a way to get the browser and version of a user.
Here is what I did to get Netscape 6 and opera to show a static image instead
of my flash file.

Thanks to everyone for all your help.
jlmoshier

<!---Get the users browsers information--->
<cfset Variables.userAgent = #CGI.HTTP_USER_AGENT#>

<cfif (FindNoCase("netscape", Variables.userAgent) AND
FindNoCase("Netscape6/", Variables.userAgent)) OR FindNoCase("opera",
Variables.userAgent)>
image here
<cfelse>
flash here
</cfif>