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Detecting Flash 6 Player
Hello, seem to have a problem with browsers detecting the flash 6 player, have used a sniffer tag which should take users to a non flash html page if they do not have flash 6 player, this
isn't working as users might have flash 5 player and my movie is still trying to open in the flash 5 player. Can I add some code to my movie so that it only opens if it detects the flash 6
player??

Can somebody give me some feedback??

Thanks

Detecting Flash Player
Can anyone point me to a tutorial on getting the site to detect whether the viewer has flash player on their machine, and creating a link to download it if not?

Detecting Flash 6 Player
I'm putting together a site that requires Flash player 6, since it uses some of the new component features. I'm also putting together substitue images that I want to load if the 6 Player isn't detected-much like Macromedia site. I have tried the detect flash 6 html template included with MX, but for some reason I cannot get the substitute images to load on any browsers that don't have the 6 player installed.

When I publish my project with the detect player 6 html option, I get an error saying that I haven't set all the values, and I don't see a way to do this in Flash. I normally open the html file that i write in Dreamweaver, and switch the link to my desired image's file name & path. The page loads fine on broweser witht he Flash 6 player, its just not flash players that have an issue. I'm assuming that they're somehting wrong in the Javascript in the head of the page. Am I doing this correctly? Has anyone used this feature successfully, because any tips or suggestions could really help me out

[Edited by MDiddy on 08-22-2002 at 12:33 AM]

Detecting The Flash 6 Player..possible
Hey Guys.

I was wondering if there was a auto detection for the flash 6 player??

Shaun

Detecting Flash Player
is there a way to redirect a browser that doesn't have flashplayer installed to another page or display a static image - rather than the empty field where the flash movie should be? thanks

Detecting For The Flash Player
Hi guys... I know that there's this script or something that you put in your website, to make sure the user has the right version of the Flash player and stuff. Is it really nessessary to do that, even if we choose the 'detect for Flash player 6' in the publish properties menu? Another thing, if it IS nessessary to put that script... where DO I get that script in the first place, and where do I put it?

Qasim

Detecting Flash Player
Hi,

I had to format my machine machine recently and well I forgot to backup my flash detector. I had a really good one which i downloaded from the macromedia site, so of course i went back to download it again and now it ain't there.

Basically you could set which version was needed of flash and the detector would find out if the user has this version or an older one. You then set a detected page (usually where your site is), and a no flash page, which is where u send the user if they don't have flash or the version that is needed.

anyone know where i can get a detector like this again???

PLEASE!!! ?????

Detecting Flash Player
hey, I want to know how to detect automatically if the user have the flash player or not, when it connects to my web site, cause the index is made on flash mx, so they can downloaded it before gets into the web site. I appreciate if someone can help me.

Detecting Flash Player.... HELP
I am currently creating an online flash portfolio for all of my websites i have made. I have seen on a site before that you are ably to detect what flash player you have (via HTML). Does anyone know what the html scripting is to see if you have a)flash player 6 or above and b) if you don’t, it will then send you to the html site. I don’t know anywhere else to post this question, if anyone knows where else to post then please let me know.

Thanks M3XEL

Detecting Flash Player
Is there any actionscripts tat detect a PC flash player version. If let's said my swf file is a flash 8 version n require flash 8 player to play where the pc only hv flash 5 player.

So asking all the pros out there is there any scripts tat i need to code in order to detect the player version?

rgds,

Detecting Flash Player
Hi,
what is the best way to detect for flash player? I use the defualt on flash CS 3, but I notice since upgraded to flash 10 it does not reconize that I have flash in a few examples, such as on:
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~johnbarr

Should I use swf object instead?
I always thought that it checks to see if you have version x or greater??
That is if I made a sef for flash player 8 it would still work for flash player 9, becasue you have at least version 8, is this right?

Thanks so much,
Johnny

Detecting AS3 With Flash Player 8
Hi,
I have a weird situation where I have to detect if the user has Flash Player 8 (and not 8.5) with my AS3 code, and if they do, I have to gotoAndStop("getFlash9");
I know that this is done in HTML/Javascript very easily, but I need to do it in AS3.

The following code got ignored by Flash Player 8 and the movie just kept on playing without stopping.

Code:
var version = flash.system.Capabilities.version;

if ((version.substring(4, 5)) <= 8)
{
gotoAndStop("getFlash9");
}
Any advice is appreciated.

Detecting Flash Player 9
Hi

I have used flash cs3 to add video to a website, which requires that the visitor has flash 9 installed.

For those that don't have flash 9 a small icon appears in place of the video but there is no message/link to tell them to install the latest version of flash.

What is the best way to include flash 9 detection and inform the visitor that they need to install it?

Alternatively, is there an alternative that will allow visitors with an older version of flash to view it?

Thanks

Elliot

Detecting Flash 5 Player In Netscape
Hi there!

thiss is really prethatic situation here ... lets take a look pleeeeeeeease.

My flash sniffer which is supposed to open a particular file when it found flash 5 player, but it is crashing netscape if netscape has flash 4 player.

there are 5 frames in movie and A.S. is like this

frame1
with (_root) {
gotoAndPlay (4);
}

frame 3
getURL ("noflash5.asp", "_self");

frame 5
getURL ("flash5.asp", "_self");

Detecting Flash Player Versions
is there any way to detect the user's flash player version and re-direct them to a different movie depending on the version of flash player they have, i.e. one page for flash 6, another for flash 5, another for flash 4, etc

Auto-detecting Flash Player
hi guys

can any body tell me how to auto-detect the flash player

can i do it using publish settings or javascript?

Detecting If A Person Has The Flash Player?
•Anyone know if it's even worth while checking?

•Is there a way of temporarily disabling the flash player so that I can check a flash player validation script?

Detecting Flash 7 Player Plugins?
How to Detect Flash Player 7 (current version) plugins ? , so if it's in client's system then the movie sould play otherwise not. Thanx

Best Method For Detecting The Flash Player
this rocks!

http://blog.deconcept.com/flashobject/

// www.arylone.com

Detecting Flash Player Problem
Hi

I have created some flash banner ads for a client to put into his own website, which he can edit himself using a third party piece of software (is it Blue Martini??... or something like that). I have published my banners for player 8, and normally this is fine when used within a dreamweaver html page, in that if someone doesn't have the right version of player, they are prompted to download the latest version using javascript.

Thing is, this isn't happening with the site my banners are going into, and people with version 7 player are missing elements of the banner!! I'm thinking its because of the way the swf is placed into the site??? Is there a way I can control the detection and direct to a download within my flash file only? with actionscript??

As a short term work-around I am publishing to version 7, but this is disabling all the nice effects I have going on...

Thanks for your time
Wayne

[F8] Detecting Flash Player 8 - Major Help
Hey I just did a website for a friend and he was saying it isn't working on someones computer because they only have flash player 6 installed.

The movie needs flayer 8. I tried publishing the movie using flash player 6, but it uses flash 8 components.

What is the flash 8 player detection code and how do I use it?

I have done searches and found this but you need to pay for it...

http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=D982E

Any free way?

Need this asap because it is a portfolio site which he has sent to jobs!

Thanks.

Detecting The Flash Player Version Being Used..
I have a script which can only run in flash player 9.. is there a way I can make a check for the flash version.. in actionscript or javascript, either one is good.

I looked thru helpfile and all that. lol thanks for any replies

Am I Detecting My Flash Player Correctly?
I just built this site and my some people looking at it, have mentioned that they did not have the player. I was thinking that with the new flash detection, the page would redirect the viewer to download the player. Am I doing that part right? Could this not work if the viewer does not have javaScript enabled?

The page is here:
http://www.samsinternational.com/test1

Thanks a lot for any help!

Problem With Detecting Flash Player
hi guys, I'm having a (for me) very difficult problem. I am designing a flash website, but the end-users might not all have the latest flash plugin installed and I do want them to be able to update their plugin without too much of a hassle. I tried the macromedia detection kit and, although difficult and a lot of work, i got it work o some extent.

but even with that if the user has flash 6 or 7 instead of 8 he still has to close the browser to install the latest version. is there some sort of way to update the flash plugin without having to close the browserwindow?

thanks

Automatically Detecting And Downloading Flash Player
This might be the wrong forum to post this, but this seems to be the only forum in which people respond!

I have an all flash site, and I want to add the necessary code to my HTML page so that automatic flash detection occurs, and if flash player is not detected, then it automatically goes to the flash player download.

I've used the Moock FPI - but this just results in redirection - I want to be able to evoke the download if the player is not detected. I know this is possible - it happens on http://www.7inone.com - another site by my company, but I'm new here, and can't find the old source codes. please help!

thanks in advance

Sid.

Detecting Right And Middleclick For Linux Flash Player
hi,
i encountered some problem, detecting right and middleclick for linux flash player .But can be possible for windows flash player by using this code,

this.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (ASnative(800, 2)(2)) {
_root.dyna.text = "rightClick";

}
if (ASnative(800, 2)(4)) {
_root.dyna.text = "middleClick";
}
}
Is there any other way. please help me
Thanks in Advance.

with regards
kesani

Detecting Flash Player Or Zinc Projector
Hi,

Does anyone know of a way to detect in actionscript what player is being used to run the program.

I have a zinc project, and when I run the program in the zinc projector, I want one variable to be set, and in the flash player, another variable to be set.

Thanks,

Dylan

Detecting Whether Flash Is In A Standalone Player Or A Browser With Actionscripting
I am making a movie that will be distributed on CDROM and on the web. I need to create an exit button that will work from the standalone player and the browser at the same time. I am using the (FSCOMMAND exit) which works for the standalone flash player and a getURL("javascript:close()") command for the browser I thought that would solve the whole thing, but when you try to exit from the standalone, flash opens up a new browser window and then tries to close it. So I would like to write some sort of conditional that would figure out if the movie was in the standalone flashplayer or a browser window andthen feed the appropriate close command. Thanks

Justin,

Detecting When User Closes Flash Player To Throw A Method
Hello buddies!

My question is pretty simple. There is a way to know when the user closes the flash player?
I'm developing a "desk application" and i want to save the state of it by launching a method when the user exits the app. The method would update/create a XML file with the current state.

I'm pretty newbie with AS so I have no clue if thats possible. By the way, I'm coding with AS3.

Feedback appreciated!!!

Flash Player Doesn't Detecting The Original Size Of The Movie At Run Time
I've a movie that using flash UI Component scrollbar with a dynamic text area. I've rendered the text by including an external .as file. The content for the scroll bar is written in the .as file and that .as file included #include "myfile.as"

The problem is that I can't make a correct preloader for the movie. Because the flash player detects the size of the movie before the text is being rendered. The text is being rendered only in the run time from the external .as file. So again I've to wait a bit more time to load the content after loading the swf file.

I've converted the file to exe. But the problem still exists.

Anybody to help

abhilash

Detecting Flash Player Version Using Flash
A quick trip through my old Opera bookmarks lead me to a Tech Note page on Adobe's Web site about detecting the Flash 4 plugin using Flash.

Now anyone who's even remotely aware of Web standards will have heard of the Flash Satay method of embedding Flash files into Web pages. Those who have some actual knowledge of the Satay (and its pitfalls) will also know that the browser cannot detect what version of the Flash Player is on the end-users computer when the page is embedding content using the Satay, since the codebase attribute is absent in the HTML code. These same people also know that JAWS will have problems with the Satay as well, leading to the accessibility issues that are associated with it.

But enough of that. The tech note was enough to get me thinking. What if we could overcome one of the primary limitations of the Flash Satay by detecting the Player version using Flash? Obviously you can detect version 4, but what about more recent versions? And can it be made to work with the tiny bit of ActionScript that loads the actual Flash file so that it can still stream Flash files in Internet Explorer? (Yes, I'm obviously not a Flash or ActionScript user/developer; my concern is the Web pages and the user experience, not the Flash development environment itself.)

Obviously each version of Flash would need a "loader" file to detect the Flash plugin version that is required by the file being loaded. For example, if you developed a Flash file using Flash MX, you'd need a loader file to detect Flash 6 (I think that's the correct Player version for Flash MX).

Is this feasable, or is it just a pipe dream? If this can be made to work, all that would really remain (among the major issues anyway) would be the accessibility issues that plague JAWS.

Player Detection Not Detecting
Dear Flash World,

A significant number of my users don't seem to get the prompt to install the Flash Player. I've exported using a detect for player template.

Is there a way I can troubleshoot this problem?

Instead of having users faced with a blank screen (with the little red X in the corner) can I create a GIF that with a link to the download site that will open if the right version of the player is not installed?

I appreciate your help.

Detecting Flashplugin For Player 6
hi there,

even if this is a really dumb question:
can any1 please tell me, how to detect the flashplayer 6?
it should also work on mac. i figured out that the user sometimes isn't referred to the plugins download space if using mac. any clue why?

as usual every help appreciated

Detecting Player Version?
i need to find out if a user has Flash Player 6 installed..

If they do not have it, i want the install file to trigger automatically. i have the install file on our server, but i do not know how to point to it when it's needed.

Can anyone help?

THANKS!

Detecting Player And Autoplay
Hi all. This is my first message and hope someone can help!

I've created a flash advertisment for my company, and I need to burn it to CD. How do I?

a) Autodetect the existance of Flash Player on the users pc (I've done this through Dreamweaver, but not sure how to do it otherwise)

b) Have the movie (or flash detector) autoplay when the disk is inserted

Thank you in advance!

Detecting Player Version
how do i detect a user's flash player version in their browser?

Detecting What Player A User Has
Is there some code that will detect what player a user has and prompt them to install player 8?

I was told something about that player 8 automatically does this but have yet to see it happen when I test on a computer with player 7. Not a think pops up telling me to download the new player it just seems like my movie is broke.

Detecting Player Version?
Hi,

I was wondering how I can detect the flash player version which the user of the site has installed when viewing my flash page.

I understand _root.getSWFVersion() is the version of flash the file was encoded for but I need to know what player the user has.

any ideas?

cheers,

NK

Detecting And Installing Player From CD.
I have a CD porfolio that is currently a bunch of files strewn around in allsorts of directories. Not very professional I will grant you, but I have an idea. I want to use Flash as the graphic front end to present my work. I want to know how the hell you would detect Flash Player 6.
And also, is it possible to install Flash Player 6 directly from the CD should the detector reveal that a person hasn't got the dam.n thing.

Please help as I am kind of new to ActionScript. I'm really a designer truth be told. I really need some quiet time to study code but I thought I would ask you lovely people at Ultrashock!

Thanks to anyone who can help!

Detecting And Installing The Player From CD...
I have a CD porfolio that is currently a bunch of files strewn around in allsorts of directories. Not very damn professional I will grant you, but I have an idea. I want to use Flash as the graphic front end to present my work. I want to know how the hell you would detect Flash Player 6.
And also, is it possible to install Flash Player 6 directly from the CD should the detector reveal that a person hasn't got the damn thing.

Please help as I am kind of new to ActionScript. I'm really a designer truth be told. I really need some quiet time to study code but I thought I would ask you lovely people at Ultrashock!

Thanks to anyone who can help!

Two Questions On Detecting The Flash6 Player
First...if they have flash 5 and I'm using an MX component in my movie, then, they won't be able to see it, right?

SO...I need for them to get the flash6 player.

How is this done? What is the code>? Where do I put it? How do I structure this? Could you walk me through it?

Thanks.

Detecting Connection Speed And Player Version
Anybody have (or know a source for) an actionscript that will do all of the following:

1. Detect the broadband connection speed of a site visitor.
2. Detect the version of Flash Player they have.
3. Use above information to steer the visitor (seamlessly and unbeknownst to them) to the one of several versions (on a streaming server) of an flv'd video that is the most appropriate for their connection speed/player version combo?

Also, what range of kbps versions would cover *most* situations (e.g., 100, 300, & 450?)

Thanks.

Flash Best Practices
Can anyone suggest any best practices when developing a Flash game, which will be used on an html page. For example, are there any best practices when coding that I should follow to have the best possible chance of Search engines at least indexing my game, and in the best of possible worlds, ranking it for terms by use of the SDK program.

I am already, adding metadata (title and description)
Using static text for any textual graphics.

Other than that, I am not sure where to go.

Flash 8 And SEO Best Practices
Can anyone suggest any best practices when developing a Flash game, which will be used on an html page. For example, are there any best practices when coding that I should follow to have the best possible chance of Search engines at least indexing my game, and in the best of possible worlds, ranking it for terms by use of the SDK program.

I am already, adding metadata (title and description)
Using static text for any textual graphics.

Other than that, I am not sure where to go.

Best Practices For Detecting The Flash 8 Player?

I'm looking for any information or guidance regarding best practices for detecting the flash 8 player.Any advice is greatly appreciated.

I'm looking for any information or guidance regarding best practices for detecting the flash 8 player.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.