Java environment/registry

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trpost@gmail.com - 06 Jul 2006 20:38 GMT

What classes are available to use Java to get a users local environment
settings, like OS, Installed Web Browsers, Installed Java Version,
etc...

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Oliver Wong - 06 Jul 2006 20:45 GMT

> What classes are available to use Java to get a users local environment
> settings, like OS, Installed Web Browsers, Installed Java Version,
> etc...

See http://mindprod.com/applets/wassup.html

You can download the source code.

- Oliver

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trpost@gmail.com - 06 Jul 2006 21:57 GMT

Let me expand a little more, I will be running this as a client
application outside of a web browser, and want to get information about
the installed browsers and plugins as well as the following:

Javascript Enabled in Internet Explorer?
Virtual Machine for Internet Explorer enabled?
Adobe Acrobat (installation and versions, boith full and plugins)?
Macromedia Flash?
Windows Media Player (as the default media player on the computer)?

I am thinking much of this would be in the registry, but don't know how
or where to access it.

> What classes are available to use Java to get a users local environment
> settings, like OS, Installed Web Browsers, Installed Java Version,
> etc...

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Oliver Wong - 06 Jul 2006 22:30 GMT

> Let me expand a little more, I will be running this as a client
> application outside of a web browser, and want to get information about
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> I am thinking much of this would be in the registry, but don't know how
> or where to access it.

The concept of a registry is platform specific (I believe only Windows
has a registry; Mac and Linux don't, for example). You'd have to handle this
in a platform specific way, which probably means writing JNI code.

- Oliver

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