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Detecting Flash
- Thread starter inqbus
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dont know about player, but try 2 search with keywords "flash detect" there were not so long time ago good tips on this subject
yeah, just found it myself:
originally posted by CFEmbanet
Here you go, works with both Netscape and IE, in IE it uses VBscript to detect the plugins via activex.
Tim
<html>
<SCRIPT language=Javascript>
<!-- hide script
/*
Plugin Detector()
*/
var WM_startTagFix = '</';
var msie_windows = 0;
if ((navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE') != -1) && (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Win') != -1)){
msie_windows = 1;
document.writeln('<script language="VBscript">');
document.writeln('\'This will scan for plugins for all versions of Internet Explorer that have a VBscript engine version 2 or greater.');
document.writeln('\'This includes all versions of IE4 and beyond and some versions of IE 3.');
document.writeln('Dim WM_detect_through_vb');
document.writeln('WM_detect_through_vb = 0');
document.writeln('If ScriptEngineMajorVersion >= 2 then');
document.writeln(' WM_detect_through_vb = 1');
document.writeln('End If');
document.writeln('Function WM_activeXDetect(activeXname)');
document.writeln(' on error resume next');
document.writeln(' If ScriptEngineMajorVersion >= 2 then');
document.writeln(' WM_activeXDetect = False');
document.writeln(' WM_activeXDetect = IsObject(CreateObject(activeXname))');
document.writeln(' If (err) then');
document.writeln(' WM_activeXDetect = False');
document.writeln(' End If');
document.writeln(' Else');
document.writeln(' WM_activeXDetect = False');
document.writeln(' End If');
document.writeln('End Function');
document.writeln(WM_startTagFix+'script>');
}
function WM_pluginDetect(plugindescription, pluginxtension, pluginmime, activeXname){
var i,plugin_undetectable=0,detected=0, daPlugin=new Object();
if (msie_windows && WM_detect_through_vb){
plugin_undetectable = 0;
} else {
plugin_undetectable = 1;
}
if(navigator.plugins) {
numPlugins = navigator.plugins.length;
if (numPlugins > 1) {
if (navigator.mimeTypes && navigator.mimeTypes[pluginmime] && navigator.mimeTypes[pluginmime].enabledPlugin && (navigator.mimeTypes[pluginmime].suffixes.indexOf(pluginxtension) != -1)) { // seems like we have it, let's just make sure and check the version (if specified)
if ((navigator.appName == 'Netscape') && (navigator.appVersion.indexOf('4.0') != -1)) { // Netscape can't handle the references to navigator.plugins by number
for(i in navigator.plugins) {
if ((navigator.plugins.description.indexOf(plugindescription) != -1) || (i.indexOf(plugindescription) != -1)) { // some versions of quicktime have no description.
detected=1;
break;
}
}
} else {
for (i = 0; i < numPlugins; i++) {
daPlugin = navigator.plugins;
if ((daPlugin.description.indexOf(plugindescription) != -1) || (daPlugin.name.indexOf(plugindescription) != -1)) {
detected=1;
break;
}
}
}
// Mac weirdness
if (navigator.mimeTypes[pluginmime] == null) {
detected = 0;
}
}
return detected;
} else if((msie_windows == 1) && !plugin_undetectable){
return WM_activeXDetect(activeXname);
} else {
return 0;
}
} else {
return 0;
}
}
function WM_easyDetect(whichPlugin) {
var isItThere = 0;
if( (whichPlugin == 'flash') || (whichPlugin == 'Flash') ) {
isItThere = WM_pluginDetect('Flash', 'swf', 'application/x-shockwave-flash', 'ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash');
}
return isItThere;
}
// end hiding of script -->
</SCRIPT>
<script>
<!--
if (WM_easyDetect('flash') == 0)
{
document.write("<font size=2 color=#0D499A><b>Flash</b> is not supported you can download it here<br><br>"+
"<a href= border=0 src=BrowserImg/shockwave.gif></a><p>"
;
}
else
{
document.write("<b><font size=2 color=#0D499A>Flash:</b> Supported</font><br><br>\n\n"
}
</script>
</html>
regards, vic
yeah, just found it myself:
originally posted by CFEmbanet
Here you go, works with both Netscape and IE, in IE it uses VBscript to detect the plugins via activex.
Tim
<html>
<SCRIPT language=Javascript>
<!-- hide script
/*
Plugin Detector()
*/
var WM_startTagFix = '</';
var msie_windows = 0;
if ((navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE') != -1) && (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Win') != -1)){
msie_windows = 1;
document.writeln('<script language="VBscript">');
document.writeln('\'This will scan for plugins for all versions of Internet Explorer that have a VBscript engine version 2 or greater.');
document.writeln('\'This includes all versions of IE4 and beyond and some versions of IE 3.');
document.writeln('Dim WM_detect_through_vb');
document.writeln('WM_detect_through_vb = 0');
document.writeln('If ScriptEngineMajorVersion >= 2 then');
document.writeln(' WM_detect_through_vb = 1');
document.writeln('End If');
document.writeln('Function WM_activeXDetect(activeXname)');
document.writeln(' on error resume next');
document.writeln(' If ScriptEngineMajorVersion >= 2 then');
document.writeln(' WM_activeXDetect = False');
document.writeln(' WM_activeXDetect = IsObject(CreateObject(activeXname))');
document.writeln(' If (err) then');
document.writeln(' WM_activeXDetect = False');
document.writeln(' End If');
document.writeln(' Else');
document.writeln(' WM_activeXDetect = False');
document.writeln(' End If');
document.writeln('End Function');
document.writeln(WM_startTagFix+'script>');
}
function WM_pluginDetect(plugindescription, pluginxtension, pluginmime, activeXname){
var i,plugin_undetectable=0,detected=0, daPlugin=new Object();
if (msie_windows && WM_detect_through_vb){
plugin_undetectable = 0;
} else {
plugin_undetectable = 1;
}
if(navigator.plugins) {
numPlugins = navigator.plugins.length;
if (numPlugins > 1) {
if (navigator.mimeTypes && navigator.mimeTypes[pluginmime] && navigator.mimeTypes[pluginmime].enabledPlugin && (navigator.mimeTypes[pluginmime].suffixes.indexOf(pluginxtension) != -1)) { // seems like we have it, let's just make sure and check the version (if specified)
if ((navigator.appName == 'Netscape') && (navigator.appVersion.indexOf('4.0') != -1)) { // Netscape can't handle the references to navigator.plugins by number
for(i in navigator.plugins) {
if ((navigator.plugins.description.indexOf(plugindescription) != -1) || (i.indexOf(plugindescription) != -1)) { // some versions of quicktime have no description.
detected=1;
break;
}
}
} else {
for (i = 0; i < numPlugins; i++) {
daPlugin = navigator.plugins;
if ((daPlugin.description.indexOf(plugindescription) != -1) || (daPlugin.name.indexOf(plugindescription) != -1)) {
detected=1;
break;
}
}
}
// Mac weirdness
if (navigator.mimeTypes[pluginmime] == null) {
detected = 0;
}
}
return detected;
} else if((msie_windows == 1) && !plugin_undetectable){
return WM_activeXDetect(activeXname);
} else {
return 0;
}
} else {
return 0;
}
}
function WM_easyDetect(whichPlugin) {
var isItThere = 0;
if( (whichPlugin == 'flash') || (whichPlugin == 'Flash') ) {
isItThere = WM_pluginDetect('Flash', 'swf', 'application/x-shockwave-flash', 'ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash');
}
return isItThere;
}
// end hiding of script -->
</SCRIPT>
<script>
<!--
if (WM_easyDetect('flash') == 0)
{
document.write("<font size=2 color=#0D499A><b>Flash</b> is not supported you can download it here<br><br>"+
"<a href= border=0 src=BrowserImg/shockwave.gif></a><p>"
;}
else
{
document.write("<b><font size=2 color=#0D499A>Flash:</b> Supported</font><br><br>\n\n"
;}
</script>
</html>
regards, vic
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