Detecting Plug-ins

The following code use the the plugins array to determine the plugins.

Each item in the plugins array contains:

Name	Meaning
name	The name of the plug-in
description	The description of the plug-in
filename	The filename for the plug-in
length	The number of MIME types handled by this plug-in

 
<!DOCTYPE HTML> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>Example</title> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <script> 
            function hasPlugin(name){
                name = name.toLowerCase();
                for (var i=0; i < navigator.plugins.length; i++){
                    if (navigator.plugins[i].name.toLowerCase().indexOf(name) > -1){
                        return true;
                    }
                }
                return false;
            }
            function hasIEPlugin(name){ 
                try { 
                    new ActiveXObject(name); 
                    return true; 
                } catch (ex){ 
                    return false; 
                } 
            } 
            document.writeln(hasPlugin("Flash"));
            document.writeln(hasIEPlugin("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash")); 

        </script> 
    </body> 
</html>

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