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detecting if flash plugin is installed

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var _flash_installed = ((typeof navigator.plugins != "undefined" && typeof navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"] == "object") || (window.ActiveXObject && (new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash")) != false));

jdunne-kaplan commented Jul 9, 2014

Best version so far is a slightly modified version of chustedde's code but with an !== false check instead of != false:

var ie_flash; try { ie_flash = (window.ActiveXObject && (new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash")) !== false) } catch(err) { ie_flash = false; } var _flash_installed = ((typeof navigator.plugins != "undefined" && typeof navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"] == "object") || ie_flash); _flash_installed;

The last _flash_installed; statement is to have the JS console report the final result. Without it, Chrome, for example, would report "undefined".

jdunne-kaplan commented Jul 9, 2014

See my gist at https://gist.github.com/JamesDunne/174ebedbc9afaf2078a7

snshastry commented Sep 19, 2017

Am facing an issue with latest Firefox 55 (win64). navigator.plugins is not returning "Shockwave Flash" even though flash is installed.
Could anyone suggest how to resolved this.
Thanks,

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