help me with this code plz !!!

hi all, can any one say me that what does this piece of code ? and if that works or not ?

in the html source code we have :
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<OBJECT ID="test" width=250 height=50 CLASSID="CLSID:10548230-1C12-11A1-8248-4a1d4f56a2aC"
codebase="http://www.mywebsite.com/loader.cab#version=1,0,0,2">
</OBJECT>
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<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript">
var ie4 = b_agent.indexOf("MSIE 4.0",0);
if (ie4 == -1)
{
if (!test.Version)
{
alert('!test version');
}
else
{
alert('test version !!!');
}
}

</SCRIPT>
what does test.version ? is it a method of javascript ? i could mail the full code too if it is
important. i needeed that check if the loader.cab file has been installed on the client computer
or not? and i looked some source code , till i found that above code, but i don't now exactly what
that source code does?

is there any another way that i could find that the cab file has been successfully installed on the client
computer?
plz help me as soon as possible , cause i need urgent help !!!

Version is a method/property of the object "test" that is being defined in this code block:

Code:

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<OBJECT ID="test" width=250 height=50 CLASSID="CLSID:10548230-1C12-11A1-8248-4a1d4f56a2aC"
codebase="http://www.mywebsite.com/loader.cab#version=1,0,0,2">
</OBJECT>

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What it is beyond that... I couldn't say.

It simply represents the version number of the object, so you can not only test whether the object is there at all but also if it has a high-enough version.

That said, any object other than Flash and Java are IE-only and thus bad.

there are more plug-ins.
adobe and shockwave for instance.

you can check all that.

But you can also check for msn or icq.

Objects won't exist in IE or other browsers for much longer if EOLAS's suit against MS succeeds.

Yeah, and if the software patents decision in Europe goes through we'll have similar stupid stuff here too.

I think the European thing is going to be a disaster if it goes through.
From what I understand if you want to add a textbox to a vb form you need a liecence from the person who created the textbox control and ditto for nearly every bit of code you use :rolleyes:

No, it's different.

Say this thing had been law many years ago. Someone came up with the idea to display a small box in graphical environments where you can write text inside. And this someone patents this concept of a "textbox". That would mean that EVERYONE who wants to develop or use a textbox would have to pay that guy - for coming up with a quite obvious idea.

This is already possible in the USA, as the new lawsuit against MS proves. Someone patented the idea of a program displaying content that it doesn't recognize by loading a helper program or plugin for it - which is exactly what all web browsers do with applets or plugins.

all that patent stuff is really stupid, and I hope europe isn't going to allow this...