Ming.le vs OS for Design Studio browser check

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Demi
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    Hi folks,  I'm looking for some insight to help explain to me why I might be encountering this issue and how to tackle it. I just want to know.  My issue is this.... I have a rather simple DS form(PA90.1)  in our 'new' OS developement system.  The code is split into 2 parts. Part 1 is encapsolated inside of an if condition: if(portalWnd.oBrowser.isIE)  and part two is encapsolated inside of an if condition: if(portalWnd.oBrowser.isChrome).  The form works just fine for both IE and Chrome, performing the customizations; in our OS Dev system. Then I was then asked to make this form, with the same (universal) code;  work in our existing 'old' Ming.le system. In Ming.le on a page load, the code doesn't recoginize the 'portalWnd.oBrowser' value and skips over all the customized code. At first I added the FORM_OnInit function to the code and evaluated the values of navigator.userAgent and appName. Then followed some of the processing code found within the xmlcommon.js. This gave me the values that I was looking for but the form still doesn't want to follow the logic code for any additional form actions.  It's as if the 'if conditions' must be 'inside' of a function, not the other way around. I later changed my FORM_OnInit function (before transactional state) to FORM_OnAfterDataInit(after transactional state) which gave me the correct values for the portalWnd.oBrowser conditions; but the form still doesn't process any of the functions with the segregated code.  Do I have to reverse all the code for Ming.le; placing the if statements within the functions? Am I missing something? Is there another way to accomplish my task?  Why do the two environment behave differently?  

    David Williams
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      You might try a non Infor/Lawson browser check
      
          //Check if browser is IE
          if (navigator.userAgent.search("MSIE") & gt; = 0) {
              // insert conditional IE code here
          }
          //Check if browser is Chrome
          else if (navigator.userAgent.search("Chrome") & gt; = 0) {
              // insert conditional Chrome code here
          } 
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      Demi
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        WOW, that was quick! I will give it a try - THANK YOU!

        Demi
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          Still working on the gt; portion of the command. I will post my results if this works. 

          Demi
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            Worked beautifully with the 'greater than or equal to' and adding the 'else' to my condition.  I had to change the search from 'MSIE' to 'Trident' for IE11. I'm now adding an extra condition to send a message back that tells the end user if they are using a non-supported browser. Thanks! 

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