How to check if adobe reader is on the client ?

[raghu3]

This sounds pretty straight.
How can I detect if the client has adobe reader using javascipt ?

Thanks

 

[trollacious]

You can't without possibly using some ActiveX control, which the user would have to approve being installed and running.

Lee

 

[raghu3]

Fair enough.
If Adobe is not installed on the client, how will the server know that the PDF is not displayed. I have IIS, classis ASP in this case.

Here is the piece of code:

<form name="p" action="some.asp" method="post">

<%=embedSrc%>

<input type=button>
.
.
</form>

where embedSrc is:
<embed height=600 width=900 src="myPdf.pdf"></embed>

The src is taken from a db,

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Check this thread out: "Linking to .PDF files", thread215-1143857

It gives a link to the following page:

http://www.dithered.com/javascript/acrobat.html

Which shows how to do this using JS.

BTW - I found this by using the search feature - something you could probably have done for yourself.

Hope this helps,
Dan

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[raghu3]

Thanks BillyRayPreacersSon.
Appreciate your help,

 

[raghu3]

Let me rephrase:
cannot have activeX in client side vbscript.
So can use only the 1st part of the code in dithered.com.
as activeX may be disabled/not allowed ...

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Right you are.



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