Flash :: Do Version 6 SWFs Run Faster In A Version 7 Player?

What Is Relationship Of Player Version And Authoring Version?
Hi, i was wondering what the relationship is between the end users player version and the authoring tool. If a swf file has been created in the latest version of flash will it play on all players or does the user need to have the latest compatible player installed. Thanks in advance

Which Flash Version Is Faster?
Which Flash version is better and faster at loading text files using "LoadVariable"?

I currently have Flash 5, but it seems sluggish.

How is Flash MX?
How is Flash Studio 8?

Which app is faster?
Is there a better way to load text/variables into flash?

Your opinions are appreciated.

Trial Version Flash 8 Prof, While Waiting For Purchased Version To Arrive
I am using Flash 8 Professional 30 day trial on my PC until the Flash 8 Professional program arrives in the snail mail, i am having trouble publishing my ads for use on our website with this trial version, is it b/c it is the trial version. my company ordered Flash 8 Prof for me, but I won't get it until next week.

How I Can Detect The Flash Version? My Movie Require The Last Version
Hi,

Since i use tranparency in my movie, i need the "surfer" to have the lastest version of flash(specially for netscape user).

Someone can tell me where to get a flash dectector for flash 6.
LAST VERSION! i had the 6.00.29.0 and it didnt work, the 6.00.85.9 work...SO i need to detect if the user got the lastest...

how i can detect that, and let the user dl the latest version automaticly?

The Version 7 (MX 2004) Fla File Shows Correctly In Version 8
I am new to Flash.

We have an old fla file created with Flash MX 2004 that needs to be modified. About 2 months ago, I contact Adobe for MX 2004 and was told that Adobe did not sell it anymore. I had to purchase Version 8. Also I was told that version 8 would be backward capable.

I purchased version 8 and tried to load the fla file. However, the flash generated is different from what it was from MX 2004, some text or captions disappeared from screens.

Please advice.

How Can I Tell The Difference Of A Educational Version VS A Commercial Version
I was wanting to see if any of you guys knew.
Can I tell the difference of a educational version VS a commercial version
of the flash 5 and dreamweaver 4 by looking at the cd's , before I buy them.

Like is there a special code on the outside of the cd's that shows the difference?

I want to make sure I dont buy a educational version.

Thanks ahead for any help on this matter.

Later SWF Version Loaded Inside Earlier Version SWF
I'm trying to find out if there are issues with loading a SWF movie clip using:

onClipEvent(load) {
this.createEmptyMovieClip("empty_mc",9);'
empty_mc.loadMovie("compiledwithgreaterversion.swf");
}

If you compile the swf that this is created with to a few versions behind, say Flash V6 and AS1, and the compiledwithgreaterversion.swf file is compiled with Flash 8 and AS2 code, what happens to the player? Does it downgrade the AS VM so it runs the loaded movie with lowest code version possible, or will it run the loaded movie using the AS2 code? I'm loading inside a browser plugin of version 9 or greater.

Hoping this makes sense and someone with some knowhow can answer...

Thanks.

Display Different SWFs For Each Flash Version
I want to display flash5.swf when Flash 5 is detected and flash6.swf when Flash 6 or later is detected. How would I do this?

Actionscript 3 Version Of 'Transitions Between External SWFs'
In 2004, a brilliant tutorial was published on Kirupa by Voetsjoeba entitled 'Transitions Between External SWFs'.

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/transitions.htm

I've been using it ever since. Trouble is, its in ActionScript 2 and I really need to make the move to ActionScript 3. Has anyone got an ActionScript 3 version? I'm just a designer so I'm very limited when it comes to understanding code

Cheers

Version Limitations When Loading External SWFs
Does anyone know if there are limitations to loading SWFs compiled in an older version of Flash within a newer container?

For instance, can I load a Flash MX swf inside a CS3 container, and then output the entire stage for printing without issue? Even if I can, are there any other limitations of note?

French Version...english Version...?
Hi all,
please help me over this "version" problem...
I installed win2000 in french as basic language. then i installed flash 5 and all the texts as well as the actionscript run without problem. so I exported all the files.
after putting on the web, when it is viewed with french-basis windows, it is fine. Once I use the Eng. windows (or chinese wndows), both the texts and the actionscipt not work properly...I really don't know why will it be that, can anyone give me a hand on this?
Thanks in advance,

Cheers,
MKit

Run Version 6, And Still Load And Run Version 5 At The Same Time
Hey i was wondering if it is possible to have a flash 6 player going, and still have a swf file loaded into it, runing a flash 5 movie clip?

thanks

simp

V5 Version-compatible Version Of GetBytesLoaded()
As the title says, does anyone know a v5 code snippet that can be used to replace the v6-only getBytesLoaded()?

This is a line taken from an fla. posted by oldnewbie, and I'm trying to get it to work when published to v5, but can't remember a substitute, or if there even is one.

code:
percent = (this.container.getBytesLoaded()/this.container.getBytesTotal())*100;

Thanks for any help

Loading Fp Version 9 Swf Into Older Version Swf
Hi,
I am trying to load a flash player version 9 swf into a version 6 swf, using loadMovieNum. When I load it into _level 0, the loaded swf works, but when I load it into a higher level, it doesn't (I am not using _root in the 9 version).

What could be the reason?

I also have a lot of problems using the MovieClipLoader class or loadMovie for this.

(I need this to combine the use of the swfObject and building some kind of preloader)

thanks,

Jerryj.

Problems When Switching From Version 6 To Version 7 ()
i´ve got this xml price list imported into flash, and all script written for version 6. When exporting to version 7, some problems occur:
the import/parse split-into-arrays part is working fine.
the duplicateMovieclip dosent work, and the arrays' values comes out NaN.

Can anyone tell me if the syntax have changed from v. 6 to v. 7 ?

Some actionscript attached: (scaled down for simplicity)

ActionScript Code:
var Leiligheter:Array =[];
for (i=0; i<my_xml.firstChild.childNodes.length; i++) {
Leiligheter.push( {
Nr:Number(my_xml.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.Seksjon),
Pris:Number(my_xml.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.pris)
});
}

dupMovie = function() {

for (i=0; i<AntallLeiligheter; i++) {

_root.Prisliste.MC_Nr.duplicateMovieClip("MC_Nr"+i, i, { _y:MC_Nr._y+ListItemHeight+(ListItemHeight*i)});

_root.Prisliste["MC_Nr"+i].Txt.text = LeiligheterSortByNrAsc[i].Nr;
_root.Prisliste["MC_Type"+i].Txt.text = LeiligheterSortByNrAsc[i].Type;
}
};
thx, MOS

Detect If Browser Has Flash Player And Get Player Version
Hi guys,

do you have on how to detect if the browser has flash player? and also can detect the flash player version installed on the current browser.

thanks in advance.

Getting The Player Version In MX
I'm looking at a tute here at Flashkit that tells me how to get the version of the flash player on a machine. It says:

On (release)
Set variable: "playerversion" = eval("$version")
Set variable: "versionnumber" = Substring (playerversion, 9, 2)
If (versionnumber>= 20)
GetURL ("print:", window="/")
End if
End on

Well I'd have to say I'm kinda lost there. Can someone explain this code or is there an easier way to print a movieclip?
How does Flash record the version#? Like version 5, or version 6.......because the playerversion, 9, 2 is throwing me for a loop!

Where Is Player Version 6 R65
I know I've seen a page at macromedia where all previous player are listed. But over the weekend all i could find was a link to 'Archived' players and none of the version 6x were listed.

Would appreciate a URL and a boot to MM's backside for my time wasted on thier site.

thankx
--steve...

What Player Version
Hey,
Can anyone tell me how I can find out (on my splash page) whether or not the viewer of my website has the correct version of the flash player?

Thanks
Jay

WWD FLV Player Version 2.0
http://www.woosterwebdesign.com/flvplayer/

The WWD flash video player can be used on your website to play multiple FLV files. The key feature of this player is its scrollable thumbnail playlist. Populate the player by editing a simple XML file in which you specify for each video a headline, FLV file name, and thumbnail image file name.

New Features in version 2.0 include:Hyperlinks and other basic html tags can be applied to the video descriptions.
Resizable: player has been rebuilt so that it can be used at any size.

Other Features include:Video playlist displayed as a scrollable row of thumbnail images.
Customizable interface - set text color, frame color, button color, background image.
Compact design - displays video and playlist in a relatively small space.
Automatically resizes videos to fit in video display while maintaining proportions.
Free

Download and instructions are here:
http://www.woosterwebdesign.com/flvplayer/

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!

Which Player Version Should I Publish?
I am finishing my new game, but before I post it on my site, I have a question about general accessibility.

To give the largest number of users access to my game, should I release my game in Flash Player 5,6 or 7?

Thanks.

Player Version Issue
Hello
I am using flash MX 2004, but my client want the site to use the flash player ver 6 (and not 7).
I notise that i can publish the swf as 'Flash Player 6', but do i need to restrict my self in some way when i build the Movie? is all the Action script the same???

Many thanks
Adi

Flash Player Version
looks like there's still a lot of people using flash 5 player.

what to do if i create a file(the action script) can be played only 6 and 7?

is there any conversion things??

Test Player's Version
hi
do you know how to get the users' flash player version and directing page in case it's lower then flash player 6?

ray

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

Detect Player Version?
Hello, i have a website created in Flash 8. How can i detect the users flash player version so that if they do not have the Flash 8 Plugin, it will notify them that they need to download it. Thanks!

In addition, how can i detect screen resolution so that i can trigger an action if it is set too small. Thanks again.

Convert The Player's Version From 6 To 7
Hi,

Check the attached file...
it's saved in flash 8 and in publish setting, the player version is chosed as V6 and actionScript V2.

It's working fine with this setting but I need to change the player version from 6 to 7. When I do that, the slideshow stops functioning

I really don't have any idea how to convert it without ruining the movie.

Any idea?!!! Your help will be highly appriciated.

Get Player Version From Swf File?
Hi There!

Simple scenario:
I have a swf file on my harddrive. I want to know what lowest flash player version it is created to work with.

Can I get this information whitout testing it with different versions of the flash player installed, and without using the flash authoring tool?

Cheers!

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

Player Version Problem
i have this code to create a water fall effect. but it only work when i publish the movie for flash 6 but stops working if i publish it as a flash 8 file any one out there know whats the myth behind this

this.onEnterFrame = function() {
drop._y = -23;
drop._x = Math.random()*12;
n = Number(n)+1;
duplicateMovieClip("drop", "", n*_root.quanity);
//JJ = drop._y;

};

Flash Player Version 6 And AS2.0
Can someone please clarify this for me?

I am using several components and scripts which use AS2.0.

Will these movies still playback correctly when run in a browser with Flash Player 6 plugin? I am publishing to Flash Player 6 when creating my swf files.

I suddenly had a shocking thought that maybe, despite publishing to Flash Player 6, my AS2.0 scripts will not run properly unless played back with Flash Player 7.

Any info greatly appreciated.

Player Version Differences 16 - 124
I have a project I've completed in AS3 that works in player version 9.0.124.0 but not in 9.0.16.0.
Where can I get an accurate and complete list of the differences, so I can plan what to do about it?
Where I work has a glacial timetable for updates, and everyone I need this to work for is on 9.0.16.0, and may not be updated for some time. They have no ability to update individually.

Mac Flash 6 Player FPS Bug In Version 7 Gone?
Hi,

once I heard, that version 6 of the flash player for mac had a bug so that all framerates between 19 and 30 were played at 19 fps which can be quite annoying due to choppy animations.
So I decided to make all my films play at 31 fps.
It is obvious that 31 fps result in bigger filesizes than 24 or 25 which would usually be used.

Does anybody know if that bug has been removed in player version 7?

Thanks in advance

best regards

fire

SwapDepths And Player Version
I have 4 mcs across my stage (slightly overlaping eachother) and I'm using the following swapDepths script on each of the different mc rollovers...

instancename_mc.onRollOver = function () {
instancename_mc.swapDepths(++_root.depth);
}

When I publish with fp6 (AS 2.0) is works great but with fp7 (AS 2.0) the swap depths sometimes acts weird. When moving the mouse across the different mcs it occasionally brings the new mc to the top (like it should) and puts the previous one back to the bottom (when the previous one should stay directly below the new one). Any ideas as to why this happens or how to fix it?

Which Version Of Flash Player In IE 6
Plz
Which Version of Flash Player is default installed in IE6 (WIN XP after clean installation)
I can´t find it anywhere. On my PC runs Vers. 8 already
Thanks

Which Version Of Flash Player Do I Have?
How do I check to see which version of the Flash player I have?

Object Tag - Player Version
Because i really didn't know wich forum to post it here goes.

my company is developing an LMS system but needs to automaticly upload en embed SWF files.
they wonna heve different types (due customer demands) so you can choose from flash5, 6 or 7 player.

is it enough to use 5,0,0,0 and 6,0,0,0 or doy you need to specify it. (like 7,0,14,0)

could it cause troubles if you simplify it or what can happen if a more recent player stumbles into a 5,0,0,0 tag? (normally nothing cause it needs to be compatible...but hey, why don't ask for sure )

thx alot for any help, would be much appreciated.

Old Flash Player Version
posting this here cause I wasn't sure what was a more appropriate forum.

Right, I've been wanting to check some work with the flash player 5 plug-in.
So I unistalled flash player 6 using the macromedia uninstaller, downloaded the flash player 5 .cab from their archive, set it up on my computer. Now when I right click on an swf to see the context menu, it says "About Shockwave Flash 3.0" - naturally I was expecting to see "Flash 5.0".

So how's that then? Why isn't version 5 coming up? I don't get it.

Additionally - when you publish a movie in Flash MX, with an old version of flash player selected in the flash section of the publish settings, does that actually work?
I ask because I'll publish from MX, but for version 5, then I'll look at the published html page and in the OBJECT tag it still says "version=6,0,0,0" (amongst a load of other stuff).
Some effects - e.g. movie clip masking using setMask simply won't work in old flash versions, right? And if that's the case, then what's the point of the option in th first place?

cheers for your time

Player Version From Within Flash
I can remember how to output the flash player version from within flash.

Similar to _url....

Can anyone remind me....

M@)

Will Flash MX (6) Swf Work In A Version 5 Player?
I created a swf using MX, but some people are having problems viewing it with Flash player 5. I can see it without any problems no matter which player I use.

ANy advice please.

Thank you.

Check The Version Of The Flash Player
What is the line of code you type to test version of the flash player?

I seem to have misplaced it among the vast knowledge acquired from reading forum posts.

Flash Player Version With Scrollpane
Hi all, hope you can help me out here.

I wish to create a scrollpane (got that working) but I'm exporting in Flash Player 5, because I was thinking maybe everybody hasn't got Flash Player 6 yet.

There are two ways to solve this problem, that I can think of.
1. Somehow get the scrollpane to work with Flash Player 5 (if that's possible)
2. The best way to detect current Flash Player version and install the requiered one. Without them even "knowing about it". I want to do it as smooth as possible beacuse these guys know nothing about computers, I don't want to scare them

Any help would be highly appreciated, thanks

Flash Player Version Check
HELP HELP HELP,

Need a quick fix,

I have a flash movie but would like it to check which flash player is installed on thew users computer and if they dont have the appropriate version it sends them to the macromedia site to install the latest player

I know it seems a simple task but could someone help undertsnad how to do it.

Cheers
pixelmagikau

Do Version 6 SWFs Run Faster In A Version 7 Player?

hidoes anyone know if it's the flash player 7 that makes SWF files run faster or is it the MX 2004 coding? the reason i'm asking is to see if version 6 encoded SWF files run any faster in a flash player 7. thanks.

hi

does anyone know if it's the flash player 7 that makes SWF files run faster or is it the MX 2004 coding? the reason i'm asking is to see if version 6 encoded SWF files run any faster in a flash player 7. thanks.