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Mike
Mike

Reputation: 31

How do I find out, using javascript, what software opened and running my application?

I have created an application in HTML5 and javascript that obviously will run in any browser, but it also can be loaded into another software (other.app) that uses its' functionalities.

I need to create a condition so when my app is loaded in a browser, it will not execute the functions that are referring to other.app.

Example: 

function doStuff(){

  if(isOtherApp){
     doOtherAppFunction();
  }

  doAllOtherStuff();
}

Is there a way in javascript to find out what application loaded and is execution my application?

Hope this is clear enough. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 427

Answers (1)

Quentin
Quentin

Reputation: 943651

There isn't a reliable way, but you can check a property provided by the JavaScript engine and test if it exists or has a certain value.

If your application is providing extra JavaScript methods and you only want to call them if they exist, then you can just test for their existence:

if (window.nonStandardFeature) {
    window.nonStandardFeature();
}

Upvotes: 2

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