var detectableWithVB = false; var pluginFound = false; var haveReal = false; var haveQT = false; var haveFlash = false; // boolean. does the user have the flash at all? var haveFlashVer = false; // boolean. does the user have the correct version of flash? This isn't always required. var flash2Installed = false; // boolean. true if flash 2 is installed var flash3Installed = false; // boolean. true if flash 3 is installed var flash4Installed = false; // boolean. true if flash 4 is installed var flash5Installed = false; // boolean. true if flash 5 is installed var flash6Installed = false; // boolean. true if flash 6 is installed var flash7Installed = false; // boolean. true if flash 7 is installed var maxVersion = 7; // highest version we can actually detect var actualVersion = 0; // version the user really has var requiredVersion = 7; // base version flash that we're requiring var pName = ''; function detectAndSet(){ cookiesOfforOn(); detectQuickTime(); detectReal(); setIncomingFormat(); } function setIncomingFormat(){ if (cookiesOn){ vTemp = getCookie("ckVidFormat"); if((!haveReal && !haveQT) && (vTemp == '' || vTemp == null || vTemp == 'null')){ //alert('No plugins at all - drop cookie for later redirect to plugins page'); SetCookie('ckVidFormat','qtrv_not',null,'/'); vTemp = getCookie("ckVidFormat"); vFormat = vTemp; //alert('The cookie is dropped as: ' + vFormat); }else if((haveReal && !haveQT) && (vTemp == '' || vTemp == null || vTemp == 'null')){ //alert('Just have Real - drop cookie to Real low'); SetCookie('ckVidFormat','rsmv_nqt',null,'/'); vTemp = getCookie("ckVidFormat"); vFormat = vTemp; //alert('The cookie is dropped as: ' + vFormat); }else if((!haveReal && haveQT) && (vTemp == '' || vTemp == null || vTemp == 'null')){ //alert('Just have QT - drop cookie to QT low'); SetCookie('ckVidFormat','qsmv_nrp',null,'/'); vTemp = getCookie("ckVidFormat"); vFormat = vTemp; //alert('The cookie is dropped as: ' + vFormat); }else if((haveReal && haveQT) && (vTemp == '' || vTemp == null || vTemp == 'null')){ //alert('Have both plugins - drop cookie to QT low'); SetCookie('ckVidFormat','qsmv_qtr',null,'/'); vTemp = getCookie("ckVidFormat"); vFormat = vTemp; //alert('The cookie is dropped as: ' + vFormat); }else if(vTemp != '' || vTemp != null || vTemp != 'null'){ //alert('Sniff does not need to happen again'); vFormat = vTemp; //alert('Cookie has already been set as ' + vFormat +' do not set again'); } }else{ if(!haveReal && !haveQT){ //alert('No plugins at all and Cookies not enabled'); vTemp = 'qtrv_not'; }else if(haveReal && !haveQT){ //alert('Just have Real and Cookies not enabled'); vTemp = 'rsmv_nqt'; }else if(!haveReal && haveQT){ //alert('Just have QT and Cookies not enabled'); vTemp = 'qsmv_nrp'; }else if(haveReal && haveQT){ //alert('Have both plugins and Cookies not enabled'); vTemp = 'qsmv_qtr'; }else if(vFormat != ''){ //alert('Video format is already set and Cookies not enabled'); } vFormat = vTemp; //alert('No cookies but global vFormat is changed to: ' + vFormat); } } function pluginCheck(pluginFound,pName) { if(!pluginFound && (pName.indexOf('QuickTime') != -1)){ haveQT = false; return pluginFound; }else if(!pluginFound && (pName.indexOf('Real') != -1)){ haveReal = false; return pluginFound; }else if(pluginFound && (pName.indexOf('QuickTime') != -1)){ haveQT = true; return pluginFound; }else if(pluginFound && (pName.indexOf('Real') != -1)){ haveReal = true; return pluginFound; }else if(!pluginFound && (pName.indexOf('Flash') != -1)){ haveFlash = false; return pluginFound; }else if(pluginFound && (pName.indexOf('Flash') != -1)){ haveFlash = true; return pluginFound; } } function detectQuickTime() { pluginFound = detectPlugin('QuickTime'); // if not found, try to detect with VisualBasic if(!pluginFound && detectableWithVB) { pluginFound = detectQuickTimeActiveXControl(); } return pluginCheck(pluginFound,pName); } function detectReal() { pluginFound = detectPlugin('RealPlayer'); // if not found, try to detect with VisualBasic if(!pluginFound && detectableWithVB) { pluginFound = (detectActiveXControl('rmocx.RealPlayer G2 Control') || detectActiveXControl('RealPlayer.RealPlayer(tm) ActiveX Control (32-bit)') || detectActiveXControl('RealVideo.RealVideo(tm) ActiveX Control (32-bit)')); } return pluginCheck(pluginFound,pName); } function detectPlugin(plugName) { pName = plugName; // allow for multiple checks in a single pass var daPlugins = detectPlugin.arguments; // consider pluginFound to be false until proven true var pluginFound = false; // if plugins array is there and not fake if (navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins.length > 0) { var pluginsArrayLength = navigator.plugins.length; // for each plugin... for (pluginsArrayCounter=0; pluginsArrayCounter < pluginsArrayLength; pluginsArrayCounter++ ) { // loop through all desired names and check each against the current plugin name var numFound = 0; for(namesCounter=0; namesCounter < daPlugins.length; namesCounter++) { // if desired plugin name is found in either plugin name or description if( (navigator.plugins[pluginsArrayCounter].name.indexOf(daPlugins[namesCounter]) >= 0) || (navigator.plugins[pluginsArrayCounter].description.indexOf(daPlugins[namesCounter]) >= 0) ) { // this name was found numFound++; } } // now that we have checked all the required names against this one plugin, // if the number we found matches the total number provided then we were successful if(numFound == daPlugins.length) { pluginFound = true; // if we've found the plugin, we can stop looking through at the rest of the plugins break; } } } return pluginFound; } // Write vbscript detection on ie win. IE on Windows doesn't support regular // JavaScript plugins array detection. var isIE = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1) ? true : false; // true if we're on ie var isWin = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Windows") != -1) ? true : false; // true if we're on windows var VBcode = ''; if(isIE && isWin){ VBcode += ' \n'; VBcode += '\'do a one-time test for a version of VBScript that can handle this code\n'; VBcode += 'on error resume next\n'; VBcode += 'detectableWithVB = True\n'; VBcode += '\'and the following function handles QuickTime\n'; VBcode += 'Function detectQuickTimeActiveXControl()\n'; VBcode += ' on error resume next\n'; VBcode += ' pName = "QuickTime"\n'; VBcode += ' detectQuickTimeActiveXControl = False\n'; VBcode += ' If detectableWithVB Then\n'; VBcode += ' detectQuickTimeActiveXControl = False\n'; VBcode += ' hasQuickTimeChecker = false\n'; VBcode += ' Set hasQuickTimeChecker = CreateObject("QuickTimeCheckObject.QuickTimeCheck.1")\n'; VBcode += ' If IsObject(hasQuickTimeChecker) Then\n'; VBcode += ' If hasQuickTimeChecker.IsQuickTimeAvailable(0) Then \n'; VBcode += ' detectQuickTimeActiveXControl = True\n'; VBcode += ' End If\n'; VBcode += ' End If\n'; VBcode += ' End If\n'; VBcode += 'End Function\n'; VBcode += '\'this next function will detect most plugins\n'; VBcode += 'Function detectActiveXControl(activeXControlName)\n'; VBcode += ' on error resume next\n'; VBcode += ' pName = activeXControlName\n'; VBcode += ' detectActiveXControl = False\n'; VBcode += ' If detectableWithVB Then\n'; VBcode += ' detectActiveXControl = IsObject(CreateObject(activeXControlName))\n'; VBcode += ' End If\n'; VBcode += 'End Function\n'; VBcode += '\'this next function will detect Flash\n'; VBcode += 'Function detectFlashActiveXControl() \n'; VBcode += ' on error resume next\n'; VBcode += ' flash2Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.2"))) \n'; VBcode += ' if (flash2Installed) then flashVersion=2 \n'; VBcode += ' flash3Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.3"))) \n'; VBcode += ' if (flash3Installed) then flashVersion=3 \n'; VBcode += ' flash4Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.4"))) \n'; VBcode += ' if (flash4Installed) then flashVersion=4 \n'; VBcode += ' flash5Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.5"))) \n'; VBcode += ' if (flash5Installed) then flashVersion=5 \n'; VBcode += ' flash6Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.6"))) \n'; VBcode += ' if (flash6Installed) then flashVersion=6 \n'; VBcode += ' flash7Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.7"))) \n'; VBcode += ' if (flash7Installed) then flashVersion=7 \n'; VBcode += 'End Function\n'; VBcode += ' \n'; document.writeln(VBcode); } function detectFlash(fVer) { if (fVer != null){ var requiredVersion = fVer;// Version the user needs to view site (max 7, min 2) }else{ var requiredVersion = 4; } // If navigator.plugins exists... if (navigator.plugins) { if (navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] || navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"]) { haveFlash = true; var isVersion2 = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] ? " 2.0" : ""; var flashDescription = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash" + isVersion2].description; //alert("Flash plugin description: " + flashDescription); var flashVersion = parseInt(flashDescription.charAt(flashDescription.indexOf(".") - 1)); flash2Installed = flashVersion == 2; flash3Installed = flashVersion == 3; flash4Installed = flashVersion == 4; flash5Installed = flashVersion == 5; flash6Installed = flashVersion == 6; flash7Installed = flashVersion >= 7; }else if (detectableWithVB) { //flash2Installed = false; detectFlashActiveXControl(); if (flash7Installed) haveFlash = true; } } // loop through all versions we're checking, and set actualVersion to highest detected version for (var i = 2; i <= maxVersion; i++) { if (eval("flash" + i + "Installed") == true) actualVersion = i; } // if we're on webtv, the version supported is 2 (pre-summer2000, or 3, post-summer2000) // note that we don't bother sniffing varieties of webtv. you could if you were sadistic... if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("WebTV") != -1) actualVersion = 2; // uncomment next line to display flash version during testing //alert("version detected: " + actualVersion); //alert("Required Version: " + requiredVersion); // we're finished getting the version. time to take the appropriate action if (actualVersion >= requiredVersion) { haveFlashVer = true; }else{ haveFlashVer = false; } }