javascript detect adobe reader plugin for browser

Question

If the pdf viewer plugin is not installed how to detect it and give a alert message to install pdf viewer

Looper

stackoverflow.com/search?q=detect+reader but perhaps pinlady.net/PluginDetect – Martica

possible duplicate of Is there any jquery plugin/script to detect Adobe Reader on user system ? – Fredericafrederich

Answer 1

I created a script on my blog for all major browsers to detect pdf reading capabilities. Even distinguishes between Chrome's PDF Viewer and Acrobat. you can get the code here:

Detecting Adobe Acrobat in all browsers

Principled

browser_info.acrobat == null might want to change that to =. (I can't edit it myself since edits must be at least 6 characters, apparently.) – Strang