Flash Player Not In End Users Computer
Beginner Question:
The purpose of this question is:
I am trying to understand if Flash movies that are not loaded into a html file will automatically contain a flash player (so that the movie can be seen without a Flash Player already installed on the computer).
Another way to ask the same question is:
If the address to the Flash movie is: mySite.com/movie1.swf
(note that there is not a html page in the address)
1.Does the movie play if the end user does not have a Flash Player?
2.If it does, does the movie play on the end users older Flash Player or would it play on the newer Flash Player that would have been automatically included in my movie?
Thanks in advance for your help,
Andy
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Posted on: 05-16-2004, 12:42 PM
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