I am working in an asp.net application. From an asp.net webpage, the user can download our special file and then run it. the file will be associated with an application previously installed on the client machine.
Off course, if the application was not installed on the local machine, they can not run the file.
I wonder would it be possible to detect if our application has installed on the local machine or not. if not a popup or a message is shown on the machine and ask them to install our software first.
Something like Flash, the browser can detect that if Flash is not installed on the local machine. It will ask the user to install download Flash and install it.
Thanks in advance.
You would need to use an ActiveX control or browser plugin (Firefox, Chrome, etc) to check if the client is installed.