PluginDetect Script Generator

This page will generate the PluginDetect script () for you in several easy steps.

1) Select the checkboxes below to choose which plugins you want to include in your PluginDetect script.

Java (You may download the getJavaInfo.jar applet along with a few Java examples. Just right click and Save As)

QuickTime

DevalVR

Shockwave

Flash

Windows Media Player

Silverlight

VLC Player

Adobe PDF Reader

Generic PDF Reader (You may download the DummyPDF document used by this detector. Just right click and Save As)

RealPlayer

2) Select the checkboxes below to choose which methods you wish to include in the PluginDetect script.

		PluginDetect.getVersion(pluginName) method: returns the specific version of the installed plugin.

		PluginDetect.isMinVersion(pluginName, minVersion) method: tells if plugin version is >= specified version.

		PluginDetect.onWindowLoaded( f ). This method executes function f when the window has loaded.

		PluginDetect.onDetectionDone(pluginName, f) method: will execute the function f when the detection of the plugin has been completed. This method can handle both OTF and NOTF plugin detection.

		PluginDetect.getInfo(pluginName) method: [Java, Generic PDF Reader] returns an object with properties that reveals additional info on the plugin.

		PluginDetect.beforeInstantiate(pluginName, f) method: [] will execute the function f immediately before an attempt is made to run the plugin. (Note: sometimes it is neccessary to start up the plugin in order to detect that plugin).

		pluginName = string name such as 'Java', 'QuickTime', 'DevalVR', 'Shockwave', 'Flash', 'WindowsMediaPlayer', 'Silverlight', 'VLC', 'AdobeReader', 'PDFReader', 'RealPlayer'
		minVersion = string version such as '1,5,0,0' or '1.5' etc...

3) Make the PluginDetect script as small as possible.

Remove all line breaks from the PluginDetect script

4) Add an alias for the PluginDetect object. For example, if you create an alias of "$$" (without the quotes) then you could write $$.getVersion(pluginName) instead of writing PluginDetect.getVersion(pluginName).

Add an alias

5) This feature will allow PluginDetect to show various status/error messages at the top of your web page. This is for testing/debugging purposes only.

Show status/error messages

6) Press the "Create Script" button. Then copy the script, and save in a file named "PluginDetect.js"

Output Script

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7) In the <head> of your webpage, include this HTML:
       <script type="text/javascript" src="PluginDetect.js"></script>

Note: Having more than one PluginDetect script in the same web page is not allowed at this time.

For example, say you generate a PluginDetect script that detects only Windows Media Player, and you name it PluginDetectWMP.js. Then you generate another PluginDetect script that detects only Java, and you name it PluginDetectJava.js.

Then in the <head> of a web page, you have this:
      <script type="text/javascript" src="PluginDetectJava.js"></script>
      <script type="text/javascript" src="PluginDetectWMP.js"></script>

This situation shown above is NOT permitted and will most likely cause problems!

The correct way to proceed would be to generate a single PluginDetect script that detects both Windows Media Player and Java, and then to place that single PluginDetect script in your web page.

7) Be sure to look at the instructions on how to use PluginDetect.

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