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finding plugins in IE

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  1. var plugins = {
  2. 	hasAcrobat:function() {
  3. 		if (!window.ActiveXObject) return false;
  4. 		try { if (new ActiveXObject('AcroPDF.PDF')) return true;}
  5. 		catch (e) {}
  6. 		try { if (new ActiveXObject('PDF.PdfCtrl')) return true;}
  7. 		catch (e) {}
  8. 		return false;
  9. 	},
  10. 	hasFlash: function() {
  11. 		if (!window.ActiveXObject) return false;
  12. 		try {if (new ActiveXObject('ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash')) return true;}
  13. 	    	catch (e) { return false;}
  14. 	},
  15. 	hasJava: function() {
  16. 		return (!navigator.javaEnabled());
  17. 	},
  18. 	hasQuickTime: function() {
  19. 		if (!window.ActiveXObject) return false;
  20. 		try { if (new ActiveXObject('QuickTime.QuickTime')) return true;}
  21. 		catch (e) {}
  22. 		try {if(new ActiveXObject('QuickTimeCheckObject.QuickTimeCheck')) return true;}
  23. 		catch (e) {};
  24. 		return false;
  25. 	},
  26. 	hasRealPlayer: function() {
  27. 		if (!window.ActiveXObject) return false;
  28. 	    	var definedControls = [
  29. 			'rmocx.RealPlayer G2 Control',
  30. 			'rmocx.RealPlayer G2 Control.1',
  31. 			'RealPlayer.RealPlayer(tm) ActiveX Control (32-bit)',
  32. 			'RealVideo.RealVideo(tm) ActiveX Control (32-bit)',
  33. 			'RealPlayer'
  34. 		];
  35. 		for (var i = 0; i < definedControls.length; i++) {
  36. 			try {if(new ActiveXObject(definedControls[i])) return true;}
  37. 			catch (e) {continue;}
  38. 		}
  39. 		return false;
  40. 	},
  41. 	hasShockwave: function() {
  42. 		if (!window.ActiveXObject) return false;
  43. 	    	try {if(new ActiveXObject(’SWCtl.SWCtl’)) return true;}
  44. 		catch (e) {return false;}
  45. 	},
  46. 	hasWMP: function() {
  47. 		if (!window.ActiveXObject) return false;
  48. 	  	try {if(new ActiveXObject(’WMPlayer.OCX’)) return true;}
  49. 		catch (e) { return false;}
  50. 	}
  51. }

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