Article:		Plug-In Detection with JavaScript
Subject:		what about other plug-ins ? msWord etc?
Date:		2003-02-05 17:23:28
From:		bnreyal
Response to: Detecting Acrobat Reader & others
does anybody know where can i find the names of other plugins or viewers like msWord etc.

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• what about other plug-ins ? msWord etc?
  2003-02-13 07:08:04  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  I've used the following objects:
  
  Scripting.FileSystemObject
  Outlook.Application
  Word.Application
  Excel.Application
  
  Remember that Javascript now has try...catch() syntax which I've successfully used to degrade gracefully if creating one of these objects fails (because it isn't installed/isn't working properly etc).
  
  Also remember to quit word [objWord.Quit()] on the onUnload event of the page, otherwise you'll build up quite a little collection of WINWOD.EXE processes... these WILL eventually crash your computer ;-)
  
  Good luck.