Category: .NET

Javascript Plugin Detector code

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I spent the day searching for a good solution to detecting plugins such as Shockwave, Flash, Quicktime, etc. The final solution was using http://www.pinlady.net/PluginDetect/. It was as easy as generating the javascript file, adding it to my solution, and adding the following script to my page. <![CDATA[ PluginDetect.getVersion(‘.’); var v = PluginDetect.getVersion(‘Flash’); var isInstalled = (PluginDetect.isMinVersion(‘Flash’, ‘0’) >= 0 ? true : false); if (isInstalled) document.write(“Adobe Flash (” + v + “) is installed.”) else document.write(“Adobe Flash is disabled. Get Adobe Flash.”) ]]>

Run command as if from DOS prompt

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The following code snippet can be used to run a command as if you are opening a DOS prompt and typing it in.

public static string MyDOSMethod()
        {
            ProcessStartInfo si = new ProcessStartInfo("cmd.exe");
            si.RedirectStandardInput = true;
            si.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
            si.UseShellExecute = false;

            Process p = Process.Start(si);
            p.StandardInput.WriteLine(@"cd \windows\system32");
            p.StandardInput.WriteLine("exit");

            try
            {
                return p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                return e.Message;
            }
        }