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Check if adobe reader is installed on client machine

Answer 1

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This website has it figured out for IE, still looking how to do this in other browsers. Also have a look at this question, it's similar to yours.

Robert Massa 2009-11-11 13:59:22

Great. I'll have a look into these links.

Leo 2009-11-11 14:15:30

I have implemnted the solution described in "This website" link and it works fine. For other browsers I just checked if plugin is installed. I have tested this on latest versions of browsers and Adobe Reader installed. Here is what I am doingif (navigator.plugins["Adobe Acrobat"].name != "" || navigator.plugins["Adobe Acrobat"].name != null) { isInstalled = true; }

Leo 2009-11-11 15:03:37

Answer 2

+1 A:

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

serge_gubenko 2009-11-11 18:44:11

This worked for me, both IE and FF

Vnuk 2010-01-19 08:24:18

Answer 3

A:

10x for the script. it works fine for me in Safari,chrome,firefox,opera and internet explorer

Alex Proca 2010-08-27 21:57:40

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