How can I detect the version of Flash-Plugin installed in Internet
Plugins are different for ie... I would embed some vbscript in your
javascript, and use object detection with vb. Here is a snip from a
page I did awhile ago, that will not work as is, but will give you the
idea...
// IE Plugin detection (using VBSCRIPT)
if( (wm.name=="IE") && (wm.version>=4.0) && (wm.platform=="Win32") )
{
document.writeln('<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT"
TYPE="TEXT/VBSCRIPT">')
document.writeln(' Function DetectObject(activeXname)')
document.writeln(' on error resume next')
document.writeln(' FoundStatus = False')
document.writeln(' FoundStatus =
IsObject(CreateObject(activeXname))')
document.writeln(' If (err) then')
document.writeln(' FoundStatus = False')
document.writeln(' End If')
document.writeln(' DetectObject = FoundStatus')
document.writeln(' End Function')
document.writeln(' PluginStatus =
DetectObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.5")')
document.writeln(' If PluginStatus = True Then')
document.writeln(' wm.flash = 5')
document.writeln(' Else')
document.writeln(' PluginStatus =
DetectObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.4") ')
document.writeln(' If PluginStatus = True Then')
document.writeln(' wm.flash = 4')
document.writeln(' Else')
document.writeln(' PluginStatus =
DetectObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.3")')
document.writeln(' If PluginStatus = True Then')
document.writeln(' wm.flash = 3')
document.writeln(' End If ')
document.writeln(' End If')
document.writeln(' End If')
document.writeln(' PluginStatus =
DetectObject("QuickTimeCheckObject.QuickTimeCheck")')
document.writeln(' If PluginStatus = True Then')
document.writeln(' wm.quicktime = 1')
document.writeln(' End If ')
document.writeln(' PluginStatus = DetectObject("RealPlayer")')
document.writeln(' If PluginStatus = True Then')
document.writeln(' wm.realplayer = 1')
document.writeln(' End If ')
document.writeln('</SCRIPT>')
}
The first part
if( (wm.name=="IE") && (wm.version>=4.0) && (wm.platform=="Win32") )
uses already detected settings to make sure that the browser is IE,
the version is greater than 4, and the OS is a windows platform. If
it is, it does the inline vbscript (I already described) to try and
create and test the object.
This code also tests for quicktime and realplayer.
I hope this code helps... keep in mind though, it is 3 or so years out
of date. It only tests for up to version 5 of Flash. But if you know
javascript it should be easy to modify it to get it to test for newer
versions. Also, you will have to change all of the "wm."
references... (this script used a custom-made object -- wm -- and
defined a bunch of browser settings which I set into a cookie...)
Hope it helps!
Holden
PS: As for IE on Macs, I don't think there is anything you can do.
Luckily, IE on Windows covers over 90% of the computers out there...
