How to find whether a add on is installed

for flash use this

var isInstalled = false;

var version = null;

if (window.ActiveXObject) {

var control = null;

try {

control = new ActiveXObject('ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash');

} catch (e) {

return;

}

if (control) {

isInstalled = true;

version = control.GetVariable('$version').substring(4);

version = version.split(',');

version = parseFloat(version[0] + '.' + version[1]);

}

} else {

// Check navigator.plugins for "Shockwave Flash"

}

for Adobe

var isInstalled = false;

var version = null;

if (window.ActiveXObject) {

var control = null;

try {

// AcroPDF.PDF is used by version 7 and later

control = new ActiveXObject('AcroPDF.PDF');

} catch (e) {

// Do nothing

}

if (!control) {

try {

// PDF.PdfCtrl is used by version 6 and earlier

control = new ActiveXObject('PDF.PdfCtrl');

} catch (e) {

return;

}

if (control) {

isInstalled = true;

version = control.GetVersions().split(',');

version = version[0].split('=');

version = parseFloat(version[1]);

}

} else {

// Check navigator.plugins for "Adobe Acrobat" or "Adobe PDF Plug-in"*

}

For more AddOns
refer this
http://www.builtfromsource.com/2007/06/26/detecting-plugins-in-internet-explorer-and-a-few-hints-for-all-the-others/#adobe-reader

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Anuja Pawar15y ago
for flash use this
var isInstalled = false;
var version = null;
if (window.ActiveXObject) {
var control = null;
try {
control = new ActiveXObject('ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash');
} catch (e) {
return;
}
if (control) {
isInstalled = true;
version = control.GetVariable('$version').substring(4);
version = version.split(',');
version = parseFloat(version[0] + '.' + version[1]);
}
} else {
// Check navigator.plugins for "Shockwave Flash"
}

for Adobe
var isInstalled = false;
var version = null;
if (window.ActiveXObject) {
var control = null;
try {
// AcroPDF.PDF is used by version 7 and later
control = new ActiveXObject('AcroPDF.PDF');
} catch (e) {
// Do nothing
}
if (!control) {
try {
// PDF.PdfCtrl is used by version 6 and earlier
control = new ActiveXObject('PDF.PdfCtrl');
} catch (e) {
return;
}
}
if (control) {
isInstalled = true;
version = control.GetVersions().split(',');
version = version[0].split('=');
version = parseFloat(version[1]);
}
} else {
// Check navigator.plugins for "Adobe Acrobat" or "Adobe PDF Plug-in"*
}
For more AddOns
refer this
http://www.builtfromsource.com/2007/06/26/detecting-plugins-in-internet-explorer-and-a-few-hints-for-all-the-others/#adobe-reader

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Vijay Yadav15y ago
Hi Guruparan,
Please visit the below link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6032630/detecting-a-browser-addon-using-javascript-or-c
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