Is it safe to install Microsoft Office Animation Runtime plug-in
"Safe" is a relative term -- but I don't think there any known security
issues.
and how do I
tell if it is already installed
If you are talking about a browser/javascript based test for the latest:
<OBJECT id=MSOANIM style="VISIBILITY: hidden"
codeBase=
http://download.microsoft.com/downl.../10/WIN98Me/EN-US/msorun.cab#version=10,0,0,1
classid=CLSID:A4639D2F-774E-11D3-A490-00C04F6843FB></OBJECT></TD>
<SCRIPT language=Javascript>
try {
if (MSOANIM.style.visibility=="hidden") document.write("<td
id='animation' class='OK'> Office Animation Runtime present</td>");
else document.write("<td id='animation' class='OK'> Office Animation
Runtime present</td>");
}
catch(oException) {
document.write("<td id='animation class='Bad'>Office Animation Runtime not
present</td>")
}
</SCRIPT>
is what I have been using (this is fragment from stuff inside a table so
will not work directly without some cleanup of the td tags).
I am not sure how you would know outside of that (other than a registry
test somehow based on the CLSID).
