error-page with browser check?

[daniel_humberg]

I am trying to add an error-page to my BSP-application.

is there a way to check which browser (and version) the user uses?

i would like to show a error page for all users that don't use IE..

[Ulli_Hoffmann · Accepted solution]

Hi Daniel,

in event handler or controller try

CALL METHOD request->GET_USER_AGENT

IMPORTING

user_agent_type = user_agent_type

user_agent_version = user_agent_version.

Also see cl_bsp_login_application->check_browser for a coding example.

regards,

Ulli

[daniel_humberg · Accepted solution]

thanks, the example gives me everything I need except for one additonal thing:

How can I obtain the information that is normally shown on the default-error page, i.e. the error-number or the error text?

[Ulli_Hoffmann · Accepted solution]

Hi Daniel,

I'm not really sure if I understand what your problem is.

What do you mean with "normally shown .."?

Brian has once written a weblog about messages handling(/people/mark.finnern/blog/2003/09/16/bsp-in-depth-message-statement-handling). If this isn't what your looking for, then give a little example, what you'd expect to display.

regards,

Ulli

[daniel_humberg · Accepted solution]

sorry, my question was really not very clear.

i am thinking about the error-title (e.g. 500 SAP Internal Error), the error description (e.g. "Dies ist eine Fehlermeldung") and the termination-reason (e.g. "ABORT_MESSAGE_STATE").

[Ulli_Hoffmann · Accepted solution]

Hi Daniel,

I wouldn't recommend to manipulate http status codes in cases where you want to give feedback to the user regarding supported browser versions and types. Either you leave it completely to the server (I suppose WebAS gives some messages in case htmlb/xhtmlb etc. isn't supported) or you render your self-defined error page with a meaningful message.

regards,

Ulli

[daniel_humberg · Accepted solution]

no, if you access a htmlb-page with another browser (e.g. mozilla), a shortdump is being generated and a "standard" http500 page is shown.

my plan was to add a try/catch somewhere on my startpage, catch that error, show an error-page if the error occurs, check in the error-page if the user really uses a different browser and show the "normal" error page otherwise.

would you recommend that?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Might be more work than you need.

In your login mask you can do a simple JavaScript check for the browser type and redirect as needed for a browser that doesn't work and to the login for one that does.

You can also give them a link to proceed to the login anyway as some browser/people hide the actual browser type they use or they use a browser that gives a strange type but is IE compliment and would work anyway.

[Ulli_Hoffmann · Accepted solution]

Hi Daniel,

please check out thread

and especially Brian's comments for configuring an error page in SICF.

regards,

Ulli