shadows wrote:
> Hi,
> Can anyone tell me how I do a Mozilla Version check in my Install Script?
> All I have to do is check if the installed client is Netscape 6.1 or 6.0 and
> if the OS running is windows...
> Can anyone help me?
Check (typeof buildID == "undefined"). If true then it's 6.0 (or a similarly
old version of Mozilla). If false then use the buildID to determine what
build your script is running on. It will match the "Gecko" version from an
unspoofed useragent (it's not affected by spoofing).
If it is undefined don't try to access its value, a js exception will be
thrown and abort your script.
Similarly there is the "platform" property you can use, which was also
probably not implemented in 6.0. If you need something that will work on old
and new versions then you can try the getFolder() trick. Try to get a folder
object for a platform-specific target, if the return value is non-null then
you're on that platform. For example:
var isWin = ( getFolder("Windows") != null );
var isMac = ( getFolder("Mac System") != null );
var isUnix = ( getFolder("Unix Local") != null );
You may be misled by this trick on Mac OS X since the traditional mac
folders don't currently work. (there's a bug filed, but it's being argued
whether it really is a bug since macosx is different.) Since we didn't ship
a macosx build in 6.0 you should try for the platform property first and use
this trick only if that's not defined. Or set isMac to (!isWin && !isUnix).
-Dan Veditz
