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Jaytay
Jaytay

Reputation: 21

Trying to detect an ActiveX plugin

I am trying to detect the presence of an ActiveX plugin in my website. I am currently using:

function PrepareForBuyMallMoneyWithFBCredits(){
   try {
   control = new ActiveXObject('ActiveX name');
   } catch (e) {
   alert('fail');
   }
   alert(control);
  }

I have confirmed that this code works against more standard ActiveX controls such as Adobe Acrobat Reader but I am trying to detect a custom ActiveX control. Problem is, the name that comes up in the plugin browser doesn't seem to be the one I should be searching for. Is there some way for me to find out what/where this name is? Also, is it possible to use the classid to achieve my desired results? Thanks.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 930

Answers (1)

Dr.Molle
Dr.Molle

Reputation: 117354

Usually you'll find this name inside the win-registry.

Example for flash:

  • Go in IE to tools->manage addons
  • You'll find there an entry "Shockwave Flash Object"(thats the friendly name of the plugin)
  • remember this name and go to the registry
  • open the search-box inside the registry, type in this friendly name and check only the box "data"
  • the search should find in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT an key with a classId as name
    (e.g. {HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID{D27CDB70-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000})
  • inside this key should be a sub-key named "progId"
  • open this key, it should have a standard-value(e.g. ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.10)
  • this standard-value is what you'll have to use as plugin-name inside your script.

Upvotes: 2

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