Currently I am working on a web page which will tell user about certain configurations on client machine. Out of this there is also requirement of detecting if Adobe Reader is i
pls, check the script below, it worked fine for me in IE, FireFox and Chrome
<html>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var found = false;
var info = '';
try
{
acrobat4 = new ActiveXObject('PDF.PdfCtrl.1');
if (acrobat4)
{
found = true;
info = 'v. 4.0';
}
}
catch (e)
{
//???
}
if (!found)
{
try
{
acrobat7 = new ActiveXObject('AcroPDF.PDF.1');
if (acrobat7)
{
found = true;
info = 'v. 7+';
}
}
catch (e)
{
//???
}
if (!found && navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins.length>0)
{
for (var i = 0; i<navigator.plugins.length; i++)
{
if (navigator.plugins[i].name.indexOf('Adobe Acrobat') > -1)
{
found = true;
info = navigator.plugins[i].description + ' (' + navigator.plugins[i].filename + ')';
break;
}
}
}
}
document.write("Acrobat Reader Installed : " + found);
document.write("<br />");
if (found) document.write("Info : " + info);
</script>
</body>
</html>
hope this helps, regards
I used this script and called it on ready function : Note: i used the alerts here just to know how to use it.
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
alert(getAcrobatInfo().browser);
alert(getAcrobatInfo().acrobat === "installed");
alert(getAcrobatInfo().acrobatVersion);
});
var getAcrobatInfo = function () {
var getBrowserName = function () {
return '<%=Session["browser"].ToString()%>';
};
var getActiveXObject = function (name) {
try { return new ActiveXObject(name); } catch (e) { }
};
var getNavigatorPlugin = function (name) {
for (key in navigator.plugins) {
var plugin = navigator.plugins[key];
if (plugin.name == name) return plugin;
}
};
var getPDFPlugin = function () {
return this.plugin = this.plugin || function () {
if (getBrowserName() == 'ie' || getBrowserName().toLocaleLowerCase() == 'internetexplorer') {
//
// load the activeX control
// AcroPDF.PDF is used by version 7 and later
// PDF.PdfCtrl is used by version 6 and earlier
return getActiveXObject('AcroPDF.PDF') || getActiveXObject('PDF.PdfCtrl');
}
else {
return getNavigatorPlugin('Adobe Acrobat') || getNavigatorPlugin('Chrome PDF Viewer') || getNavigatorPlugin('WebKit built-in PDF') || getWebKitPlugin();
}
}();
};
var getWebKitPlugin = function () {
for (var key in navigator.plugins) {
var plugin = navigator.plugins[key];
if (plugin.name && plugin.name.substring(0, 6) == "WebKit" && (plugin.name.indexOf("pdf") != -1 || plugin.name.indexOf("PDF") != -1)) return plugin;
}
};
var isAcrobatInstalled = function () {
return !!getPDFPlugin();
};
var getAcrobatVersion = function () {
try {
var plugin = getPDFPlugin();
if (getBrowserName() == 'ie' || getBrowserName().toLocaleLowerCase() == 'internetexplorer') {
var versions = plugin.GetVersions().split(',');
var latest = versions[0].split('=');
return parseFloat(latest[1]);
}
if (plugin.version) return parseInt(plugin.version);
return plugin.name
}
catch (e) {
return null;
}
}
// The returned object
return {
browser: getBrowserName(),
acrobat: isAcrobatInstalled() ? 'installed' : false,
acrobatVersion: getAcrobatVersion()
};
};
</script>
Also add this code behind:
public void detectBrowser()
{ //Set the Browser session variable
System.Web.HttpBrowserCapabilities browser = Request.Browser;
Session["Browser"] = browser.Browser;
}
Hope it helps.