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I know there are a bunch of posts asking this question, but all of the answers point to either swfobject or the flash detection kit.

Is there a simple one or two liner in JavaScript just to check if Flash is installed or not? I don't want to have to include a whole js library if there's an simple way to do this.

I know there are a bunch of posts asking this question, but all of the answers point to either swfobject or the flash detection kit.

Is there a simple one or two liner in JavaScript just to check if Flash is installed or not? I don't want to have to include a whole js library if there's an simple way to do this.

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• 7 see stackoverflow./questions/998245/… – Horst Walter Commented Aug 16, 2011 at 17:05
• @Horst: Thanks.. that's what I'm looking for. Do you know if there are there any gotchas with this? Cross browser patibility? – pepsi Commented Aug 16, 2011 at 17:32
• Nothing right now which is additional to the ments in the above question. I only remember that when we have used it we had bined two checks for some reasons I cannot recall. This was prior the iPad age, nowadays I'd check against the mon [x]Pads if these are among the target audience. Maybe you bine the Flash and Browser check, e.g. once you know the browser is SAFARI/iPad you know it is not supporting Flash. – Horst Walter Commented Aug 16, 2011 at 17:56
• @Horst: Thanks. If you put this as an answer, I'll mark it accepted – pepsi Commented Aug 16, 2011 at 18:01
• I have summarized the ments in answer – Horst Walter Commented Aug 16, 2011 at 18:18

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As a summary of the above ments as requested:

The following SO answer is applicable: How can I detect if Flash is installed and if not, display a hidden div that informs the user?

Especially the ments / discussion of the above question are useful. I only remember that when we have used a Flash check we had bined two checks for some reasons I cannot recall. This was prior the iPad age, nowadays I'd check against the mon [x]Pads if these are among the target audience. Maybe you bine the Flash and Browser check, e.g. once you know the browser is SAFARI/iPad you know it is not supporting Flash.

Try to encapsulate the check so you can change / extend it if required (that was useful for us).

http://www.featureblend./flash_detect_1-0-4/flash_detect.js

I know you've seen it before; that's because it works.