Here's some HTML/JS code that I wrote way, way back that should give you
what you need. Combine this with using JS to update a hidden form field and
you can figure out whether or not the client supports Acrobat.
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>My Mime Types Page</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
var pdf_flag = 0;
var fdf_flag = 0;
for (i = 0; i < navigator.mimeTypes.length; i++)
{
if (navigator.mimeTypes[i].type == "application/pdf")
{
pdf_flag = 1;
}
if (navigator.mimeTypes[i].type == "application/vnd.fdf")
{
fdf_flag = 1;
}
}
// -->
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<PRE>
MIME TYPE SUFFIXES DESCRIPTION
============ ======== ================
application/vnd.fdf fdf AcroEx32 File
application/pdf pdf Acrobat
</PRE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
if (pdf_flag == 1)
{
document.write("You have PDF<P>");
}
if (fdf_flag == 1)
{
document.write("You have FDF");
}
// -->
</SCRIPT>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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Mosh Teitelbaum
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn Grover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 4:07 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: OT: Detecting Acrobat?
>
>
> I'm sure someone has covered this before, but didn't have any
> luck searching
> the archives, and google has somewhat vauge results.
> I need to detect if Adobe Acrobat is installed on the user's
> browser (which
> will always be IE).
>
> I did find reference to a function that uses IsObject() in VBScript but
> haven't been able to make it work - it throws an error trying to create an
> activeX object.
>
> Anyone have any tips for doing this? I'd prefer javascript, but will use
> what I can get. Thanks.
>
> Shawn Grover
>
>
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