is IE installed?

[hinchdog]

does anyone know the best way to check if IE is installed on a users system. also, what (if anything) can i use to replace webbrowser1, if IE isn't installed? thanks.

-frank

 

[harmmeijer]

Seems to me that the command
Set myIEvar = New InternetExplorer wil result in an error if there is no IE, catch this error (don`t know the code) and prompt the user to install IE.

You should not use MS Internet Controls as an option because it has depends on IE to be there.

 

[chiph]

The webbrowser control is specific to IE, so even if you have Netscape (and no IE), it won't work (to my knowledge, NS can't be embedded on a form).

To see if IE is installed, try seeing if the registry key at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Version has a value. I suspect that this won't work for versions before 4.x, though.

Chip H.

 

[hinchdog]

what is the code for checking the registry key, i've never done it before. thx.

-frank

 

[hinchdog]

i found some code that works, thought i'd share it. (i'm very impatient )

Function KeyExists(key)
Dim WSHShell As IWshShell_Class
Set WSHShell = New IWshShell_Class
Dim key2
On Error Resume Next
key2 = WSHShell.RegRead(key)
If Err <> 0 Then
KeyExists = False
Else
KeyExists = True
End If
End Function