JQuery PDF support detection

support.pdf.js

/* 
 * Check for PDF support
 * Based on http://downloads.beninzambia.com/blog/acrobat_detection.js.txt
 */
$.support.pdf = (function() {
        try {
            // IE
            if(!$.support.cssFloat) {          
                var control = null;
   
                //
                // load the activeX control
                //                
                try {
                    // AcroPDF.PDF is used by version 7 and later
                    control = new ActiveXObject('AcroPDF.PDF');
                }
                catch (e){}
   
                if (!control) {
                    try {
                        // PDF.PdfCtrl is used by version 6 and earlier
                        control = new ActiveXObject('PDF.PdfCtrl');
                    }
                    catch (e) {}
                }
   
                return control ? true : false;               
            } else if(navigator.plugins != null) {      
                for(var n in navigator.plugins) {                    
                    if (n == 'Adobe Acrobat') {
                        return true;
                    }
                    
                    if (navigator.plugins[n].name && (navigator.plugins[n].name == 'Adobe Acrobat' || navigator.plugins[n].name == 'Chrome PDF Viewer')) {
                        return true;
                    }
                }               
            }
        }
        catch(e){}
   
        return false;
    })();

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