Question

I know how to detect if Flash player is installed in a browser. I’m using the hasFlashPlayerVersion() function of swfobject for that. However, I can’t seem to find any documentation on how to detect if the plug-in is installed and just disabled. I didn’t see any documentation in the Flash Player Detection Kit that checks if the plug-in is enabled either.

Answer 1

You could make a javascript call in an invisible swf that communicates with the browser’s javascript. If a timeout occurs, then it is because the browser does not have flash player installed, or the flash player has been disabled.

getURL("javascript:jsfunction();");