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IFRAME)border (IMG, LAYOUTRECT, OBJECT, TA...borderBottom borderBottomColor borderBottomStyle borderBottomWidth borderCollapse borderColor (CSS)borderColor (FRAME, FRAMESET, LAYOU...borderColorDark borderColorLight borderLeft borderLeftColor borderLeftStyle borderLeftWidth borderRight borderRightColor borderRightStyle borderRightWidth borderSpacing borderStyle borderTop borderTopColor borderTopStyle borderTopWidth borderWidth bottom (CSS)bottom (TextRectangle)bottomMargin boundingHeight boundingLeft boundingTop boundingWidth browserLanguage bufferDepth button cancelBubble canHaveChildren canHaveHTML caption captionSide cellIndex cellPadding cellSpacing ch charset checked chOff cite classid className clear (BR)clear (CSS)clientHeight clientLeft clientTop clientWidth clientX clientY clip clipBottom clipLeft clipRight clipTop closed code codeBase codeType color (BASEFONT, FONT, HR)color (CSS)colorDepth cols (FRAMESET)cols (TABLE)cols (TEXTAREA)colSpan compact compatible compatMode complete content (META)content (style)contentDocument contentEditable contentOverflow contentType contentWindow cookie cookieEnabled coords Count counterIncrement counterReset cpuClass cssText ctrlKey ctrlLeft cursor data (COMMENT, OBJECT)data (event)data (TextNode)DATAFLD dataFld (A, APPLET, BUTTON, ...)dataFld (PARAM)dataFormatAs DATAFORMATAS dataPageSize dataSrc DATASRC dateTime declare defaultCharset defaultChecked defaultSelected defaultStatus defaultValue defer designMode deviceXDPI deviceYDPI dialogArguments dialogHeight dialogLeft dialogTop dialogWidth dir (A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, ...)dir (document)direction (CSS)direction (MARQUEE)disabled disabled (BUTTON, INPUT, SELECT, TE...display doctype document documentElement documentMode domain domain (event)dropEffect dynsrc effectAllowed encoding enctype enctype (IE8 Mode)event expando face fgColor FieldDelim fileCreatedDate fileModifiedDate fileSize fileUpdatedDate filter firstChild font fontFamily fontSize fontSmoothingEnabled fontStyle fontVariant fontWeight fontWeight (currentStyle)form frame frameBorder frameElement frameSpacing fromElement frozen galleryImg globalStorage hash hasLayout headers height (CSS)height (EMBED, FRAME, IMG, ...)height (screen)hidden hideFocus host hostname href href (A, AREA, LINK)href (BASE)href (location)href (styleSheet)hreflang hspace htmlFor (LABEL)htmlFor (SCRIPT)htmlText httpEquiv id imeMode implementation indeterminate index innerHTML innerText isContentEditable isDisabled isMap isMultiLine isOpen isTextEdit keyCode label (OPTGROUP)label (OPTION)lang language lastChild lastModified layoutFlow layoutGrid layoutGridChar layoutGridLine layoutGridMode layoutGridType left (CSS)left (TextRectangle)leftMargin length length (all, anchors, applets, ...)length (history)length (TextNode)letterSpacing lineBreak lineHeight link linkColor listStyle listStyleImage listStylePosition listStyleType logicalXDPI logicalYDPI longDesc loop (BGSOUND, IMG, INPUT)loop (MARQUEE)lowsrc margin marginBottom marginHeight marginLeft marginRight marginTop marginWidth maxConnectionsPer1_0Server maxConnectionsPerServer maxHeight maxLength maxWidth media menuArguments method Methods minHeight minWidth msBoxSizing msInterpolationMode multiple name (A, APPLET, attribute, ...)name (FRAME, FRAMESET, IFRAME)name (META)name (namespace)name (PARAM)name (window)nameProp nextPage nextSibling nodeName nodeType nodeValue noHref noResize noShade noWrap object offscreenBuffering offsetHeight offsetLeft offsetParent offsetTop offsetWidth offsetX offsetY onLine onreadystatechange (XMLHttpRequest)onvisibilitychange opener orphans outerHTML outerText outline outlineColor outlineStyle outlineWidth overflow overflowX overflowY ownerDocument owningElement padding paddingBottom paddingLeft paddingRight paddingTop pageBreakAfter pageBreakBefore pageBreakInside palette parent parentElement parentNode parentStyleSheet parentTextEdit parentWindow pathname pixelBottom pixelHeight pixelLeft pixelRight pixelTop pixelWidth platform pluginspage port posBottom posHeight position posLeft posRight posTop posWidth previousSibling profile propertyName protocol pseudoClass qualifier readOnly (INPUT, TEXTAREA)readOnly (styleSheet, rule)readyState (A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, .....readyState (document, FRAME, IFRAME...readyState (OBJECT)readyState (XMLHttpRequest)reason recordNumber recordset referrer rel remainingSpace repeat responseBody responseText (XDomainRequest)responseText (XMLHttpRequest)responseXML returnValue (event)returnValue (window)rev right (CSS)right (TextRectangle)rightMargin role rowIndex rows (FRAMESET)rows (TEXTAREA)rowSpan rubyAlign rubyOverhang rubyPosition rules saveType scheme scheme (event)scope scopeName screenLeft screenTop screenX screenY scroll scrollAmount scrollbar scrollbar3dLightColor scrollbarArrowColor scrollbarBaseColor scrollbarDarkShadowColor scrollbarFaceColor scrollbarHighlightColor scrollbarShadowColor scrollbarTrackColor scrollDelay scrollHeight scrolling scrollLeft scrollTop scrollWidth search sectionRowIndex secure SECURITY selectableContent selected selectedIndex selector selectorText self sessionStorage shape shiftKey shiftLeft size (BASEFONT, FONT)size (HR)size (INPUT)size (SELECT)source sourceIndex span specified src (APPLET, EMBED, FRAME, ...)src (BGSOUND)src (SCRIPT)srcElement srcFilter srcUrn standby start (IMG, INPUT)start (OL)status (INPUT, TEXTAREA)status (window)status (XMLHttpRequest)statusText STYLE styleFloat summary systemLanguage tabIndex tableLayout tabStop tagName tagUrn target text (BODY)text (COMMENT, SCRIPT, TITLE, ...)text (OPTION)text (TextRange)textAlign textAlignLast textAutospace textDecoration textDecorationBlink textDecorationLineThrough textDecorationNone textDecorationOverline textDecorationUnderline textIndent textJustify textKashidaSpace textOverflow textTransform textUnderlinePosition tFoot tHead timeout timeout title (A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, ...)title (styleSheet)toElement top (CSS)top (TextRectangle)top (window)topMargin trueSpeed type (A, LINK, OBJECT)type (BUTTON)type (event)type (INPUT)type (LI, OL, UL)type (PARAM)type (SCRIPT)type (SELECT)type (selection)type (STYLE)type (styleSheet)type (TEXTAREA)typeDetail unicodeBidi uniqueID units UNSELECTABLE updateInterval url URL URLUnencoded urn useMap userAgent (clientInformation, navig...userAgent (documentCompatibleInfo)userLanguage vAlign (CAPTION)vAlign (COL, COLGROUP, TBODY, ...)value (attribute)value (BUTTON, INPUT type=checkbox,...value (INPUT type=file)value (INPUT type=password, INPUT t...value (LI)value (OPTION, SELECT)value (PARAM)value (storageItem)value (TEXTAREA)valueType vcard_name version version version (external)verticalAlign viewInheritStyle viewLink viewMasterTab visibility visibility (external)vLink vlinkColor volume vspace wheelDelta whiteSpace widows width (COL, COLGROUP, EMBED, ...)width (CSS)width (IMG, INPUT)width (PRE)width (screen)wordBreak wordSpacing wordWrap wrap writingMode x XDomainRequest XMLDocument 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platform Property

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platform Property

Retrieves the name of the user's operating system.

Syntax

[ sPlatform = ] object.platform

Possible Values

sPlatform String that receives one of the following values.
HP-UX HP Unix-based computers.
MacPPC Macintosh PowerPC-based computers.
Mac68K Macintosh 68K-based computers.
SunOS Solaris-based computers.
Win32 Microsoft Windows 32-bit platform.
Win16 Windows 16-bit platform.
WinCE Windows CE platform.
The property is read-only. The property has no default value.

Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this property.

Applies To

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