topic Re: Have I opened this document in the Desktop Client or the IE plugin? in QlikView

Have I opened this document in the Desktop Client or the IE plugin?

alexmosq — Thu, 22 May 2014 14:17:17 GMT

Is there any way to determine whether a user has opened a QV document in the IE Plugin or in the Desktop Client?

There are some objects that I only ant to show if the app is openede via the desktop client.

I tried these commands but they just return the same output regardless of version:

ClientPlatform()
QlikViewVersion()

They seem to distinguish AJAX users, but does not differentiate between desktop client and IE plugin.

Re: Have I opened this document in the Desktop Client or the IE plugin?

ashfaq_haseeb — Thu, 22 May 2014 14:34:22 GMT

Hi,

From QlikView help.

ClientPlatform( )

Returns the name of the platform the client is using, for example, Mobile.iPhone.

All mobile clients start with Mobile, a period sign and the type of mobile device. Clients using AJAX will return Browser. Name of browser, for example Browser.Firefox.

Note!

The function will only return the client type for those clients using the QVPX protocol, that is the mobile clients and the AJAX client.I don't think it will return desktop Clients.

Regards

ASHFAQ

Re: Have I opened this document in the Desktop Client or the IE plugin?

sudeepkm — Thu, 22 May 2014 14:58:09 GMT

what authorization mode are you using?

Mostly when a user opens a document from Server using desktop client then he/she uses his/her domain/userid which may be different if the person is using different domain while accessing the document from the Access Point.

in that case you can identify the user from the domain name.

Re: Have I opened this document in the Desktop Client or the IE plugin?

alexmosq — Thu, 22 May 2014 15:00:38 GMT

Thanks, but unfortunately that does not solve the problem. It only works with AJAX clients. IE plugin returns the same as the desktop client.

Re: Have I opened this document in the Desktop Client or the IE plugin?

alexmosq — Thu, 22 May 2014 15:01:56 GMT

Nice solution! Unfortunately they use the same domain/userid on both platforms.

Re: Have I opened this document in the Desktop Client or the IE plugin?

alexmosq — Thu, 22 May 2014 15:06:38 GMT

OK, I've found a solution.

The DocumentPath() funtion returns different results!

In desktop mode it returns...

"C:\<Path>\MyDoc.qvw"

In IE plugin mode it returns ...

"<MountedFolderName>\<Path>\MyDoc.qvw"

So, I simply check if...

Mid(DocumentPath(), 2, 2) = ':\'

If yes, it means that it is opened in desktop mode.