help with javascript... need to know a code???

Question

OK this is what i am looking for...
if(Quicktime exists)
{
window.open(somthing)
}
else
window.open(somthing else)

I don't know how to check the (Quicktime=esixs) part... it should check for any computer... and see if the computer has that program... OK i will what for answers!!!! Thanks a lot for ur time

Answer 1

You have to check for the plug in AND you have to write two versions of the code. Your javascript will have to "sniff" what flavor of browser is viewing the page. The link below is from irt.org, a useful reference for me when I did scripting.

Otherwise, this is a server-side program, which again "sniffs" the browser and then writes the html page on the fly before serving.

Answer 2

Try this:
http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/01/26/web-standards-compliant-javascript-quicktime-detect-and-embed/

Answer 3

javascript is not allowed to read files or check for the presence of information on the client's computer...so the best you can do is, do whatever you want in quicktime (if you can, in javascript) then have some provision for "gracefully degrading"...just as you must have provisions for gracefully degrading if the client has javascript totally disabled...i.e.,

Answer 4

checking for programs can be a pain. there's loads of articles and helpful sites on getting round certain issues.

try: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/Conceptual/QTScripting_JavaScript/bQTScripting_JavaScri_Document/chapter_1000_section_2.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001526-CH001-DontLinkElementID_4