Re: checking for plug-ins

[Gordon McComb <gmccomb@ix.netcom.com>]

I think the plugin testing code is in the documentation now (at least I think I 
saw it, added in one of the more recent uploads).  The original poster is right 
in that if the plugin doesn't exist, you get an ugly "tell me what to do" 
dialog from Netscape.  In answer to that query, there doesn't seem to be a way 
to check for plugins and silently return true or false (it's only silent if 
it's true).  Because of this the code in the documentation (?) and the FAQ is 
pretty much useless, IMO.

-- Gordon

Luke Andrew Cassady-Dorion wrote:
> 
> >From: Ron Bearry <enzo@micron.net>
> >Date: Tue, 27 Feb 96 13:00 MST
> >Subject: Checking for plugins
> >
> >I'd like to be able to check for installed plugins with JavaScript without
> >opening a second window in NetScape as the example code in the JavaScript
> >Authoring Guide suggests, and without using document.open.
> >
> >In some cases using document.open, if the user doesn't have the plugin, then
> 
> Ron, RTFM:) this is not in Netscape's documentation, but is part of the FAQ
> (under advanced topics or something like that).
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