Can I find out if local workstation has software?

[evergrean100]

Is there anyway I can check if a Windows workstation has PDF working on it.

if (?how do I check if a local workstation has pdf software so it can view a pdf file??)   
{
    document.write('<a href=mypdf.pdf>pdf</a>');
}
else
{
    alert('Cant bring up PDF');
}

 

[xwb]

The cmd prompt way would be

assoc | findstr pdf

If you can somehow run that to see if you get a result, then it will be a step forward

 

[evergrean100]

Thanks I tried this and it didnt work show anything on my page:

if (execCommand("assoc | findstr pdf");
{
    document.write('<a href=mypdf.pdf>pdf</a>');
}
else
{
    alert('Cant bring up PDF');
}

 

[ggriffit]

you may be able to modify the code at

http://www.quirksmode.org/js/flash.html

to see if you can create the correct ActiveX control for PDF

Greg Griffiths
Livelink Certified Developer & ECM Global Star Champion 2005

http://www.greggriffiths.org/livelink/