how to detect reader plugin version?

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From: francis.uy
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:12

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One of the web sites I manage has a bunch of PDF files with version
requirements (e.g. work in Reader 6+). I know it's possible (in some
browsers) to detect the existence of the plugin, but is there a
javascript and/or VBscript method to detect the specific version, so
that if someone has (for example) Acrobat 4 plugin I can warn them and
display a download link?

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Subject: how to detect reader plugin version?
Date: 11 Jul 2006 08:12:32 -0700
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