Capture browser type within Script box on Catalog form

[Elwynn Martin]

I'm trying to use JavaScript within the the script box on a catalog form to capture the browser type of the user. 

 

I found this simple little code snippet  that successfully alerts the browser type when executed in chrome's console, but I haven't been able to figure out how to get it to work in the context of a catalog script box.

 

var browser_type = Object.keys($.browser)[0];
alert(browser_type);

 

I've tried various combinations of the $() basic syntax that catalog uses and a few JSON methods but the only results I've gotten have been either [object Object] or nothing at all.

 

Any ideas or knowledge on the subject would be appreciated!

[Louis van Amelsfort]

Good Morning Elwynn.

I created the below script on a form within CA Service Catalog(SC).
{
onload : function()
{
var browser_type = Object.keys($.browser)[0];
alert(browser_type);
}
}

And on the form's attribute name 'onLoad', I entered value: 'ca_fd.js.onload();'
Save the changes to the form.

Open a request for a service option with this form.
And when the form gets loaded, I get a popup, reading 'webkit'.

Perhaps this will get you starting/further?

Kind regards, Louis.

[Elwynn Martin]

Good morning Louis,

 

I tried this in a 14.1 env. just now and got the same result you did.

I was working in a 17.1 env. without cum. 2 installed on the 22nd when I posted the question, apparently just another bug in 17.1 

 

I guess i'll have to either find another way to capture the data or wait till we patch the 17.1 envs.

 

Thanks for your help!

 

Elwynn.

[Louis van Amelsfort]

Good Morning Elwynn.

 

You'r welcome. Have a nice day..  Louis.