javascript detect adobe reader plugin for browser

Rajeev picture Rajeev · Nov 8, 2010 · Viewed 38.2k times · Source

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

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Ben picture Ben · Jan 17, 2011

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