Module: detect office

Summary

• Objective: Detect MS Office version from ActiveX trick
• Date: June 2013
• Authors: Nbblrr
• Browsers: IE
• Code

Internal Working

It basically make some tests on the response of activeX objects related to the different MS Office version :

            var ma = 1;
            var mb = 1;
            var mc = 1;
            var md = 1;
            try {
                ma = new ActiveXObject("SharePoint.OpenDocuments.4")
            } catch (e) {}
            try {
                mb = new ActiveXObject("SharePoint.OpenDocuments.3")
            } catch (e) {}
            try {
                mc = new ActiveXObject("SharePoint.OpenDocuments.2")
            } catch (e) {}
            try {
                md = new ActiveXObject("SharePoint.OpenDocuments.1")
            } catch (e) {}
            var a = typeof ma;
            var b = typeof mb;
            var c = typeof mc;
            var d = typeof md;
            var key = "No Office Found";
            if (a == "object" && b == "object" && c == "object" && d == "object") {
                key = "Office 2010"
            }
            if (a == "number" && b == "object" && c == "object" && d == "object") {
                key = "Office 2007"
            }
            if (a == "number" && b == "number" && c == "object" && d == "object") {
                key = "Office 2003"
            }
            if (a == "number" && b == "number" && c == "number" && d == "object") {
                key = "Office Xp"
            }

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Feedback

• IE9: Works perefectly on I8 with Office 2007 and 2010