Detecting Plugins in Internet Explorer - Displaying the results

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Now comes the part where we display the results of these tests to the user:

if checkForAcroRead7 = true then

  document.write("<br><b>You have Adobe Acrobat Reader version 7 installed.</b>")

elseIf checkForAcroRead6 = true then

  document.write("<br><b>You have Adobe Acrobat Reader version 6 installed.</b>")

elseIf checkForAcroRead5 = true then

  document.write("<br><b>You have Adobe Acrobat Reader version 5 installed.</b>")

elseIf checkForAcroRead4 = true then

  document.write("<br><b>You have Adobe Acrobat Reader version 4 installed.</b>")

elseIf checkForAcroRead3 = true then

  document.write("<br><b>You have Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3 installed.</b>")

else

  document.write("<br><b>You do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed</b>")

end if

if checkForFlash7 = true then

  document.write("<br><b>You have Flash Player 7 installed.</b>")

elseIf checkForFlash6 = true then

  document.write("<br><b>You have Flash Player 6 installed.</b>")

elseIf checkForFlash5 = true then

  document.write("<br><b>You have Flash Player 5 installed.</b>")

elseIf checkForFlash4 = true then

  document.write("<br><b>You have Flash Player 4 installed.</b>")

elseIf checkForFlash3 = true then

  document.write("<br><b>You have Flash Player 3 installed.</b>")

else

  document.write("<br><b>You do not have Flash Player Installed.</b>")

end if

if checkForQT6 = true then

  document.write("<br><b>You have Quicktime Player 6 installed.</b>")

elseIf checkForQT5 = true then

  document.write("<br><b>You have Quicktime Player 5 installed.</b>")

else

  document.write("<br><b>You do not have Quicktime installed.</b>")

end if

if checkForReal = true then

  document.writeln("<br><b>You have Real Player installed.</b>")

else

  document.write("<br><b>You do not have Real Player installed.</b>")

end if

if checkForSW10 = true then

  document.write("<br><b>You have Shockwave Player 10 installed.</b>")

elseif checkForSW9 = true then

  document.write("<br><b>You have Shockwave Player 9 installed.</b>")

elseif checkForSW8 = true then

  document.write("<br><b>You have Shockwave Player 8 installed.</b>")

elseif checkForSW7 = true then

  document.write("<br><b>You have Shockwave Player 7 installed.</b>")

elseif checkForSW6 = true then

  document.write("<br><b>You have Shockwave Player 6 installed.</b>")

else

  document.write("<br><b>You do not have Shockwave Player installed.</b>")

end if

if checkForWMP = true then

  document.write("<br><b>You have Windows Media Player installed.</b>")

else

  document.write("<br><b>You do not have Windows Media installed.</b>")

end if

Now you just close off the script:

</script>

And save the page as pluginChecker.htm. Open it in MSIE and see for yourself which versions of which plug-ins you have installed. Windows XP Service Pack 2 users will get the infobar blocking the active content, so good practice dictates that instructions for handling this should be placed on any publicly viewed pages.

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