Flash :: Flash Player Version Check

Flash 6 Player Version Check
i need a good Flash 6 player version check code to add to my site. currently, i'm working on creating the animation for the portfolio... adding sounds, etc. anyone know of a good free code i could get, let me know.

i'm an intermediate actionscripter, but a designer by nature:
check my site

thanks a TON!
matt

Check Visitors Version Of Flash Player
I've noticed that if a user has a lower version of flash and you create something with lets say flash 8... it wont install the new plugin but instead much of the newer feature will not be viewed... so basically your swf presentation turns out a bit messed up.... How would I be able to check my visitors version of flash and have them install the new plugin if they dont already have it?

Check Flash Player Version Before Using Percentage Preloader?
Don't I need to check flash version before using percentage preloader scripting?

getBytesLoaded() is flash 5 so if somebody has flash 4 player it won't see it, right?

What's the script to check that property? Or do you check for version 5+ in another way?

Detect Flash Player Version--> Answer & Check
Hello,
[disclaimer]
First off, I want to appoligize if this should be in the site check, but it isn't really a site check, some i'm not too sure.
[/disclaimer]

As a result of google indexing the alternate page when you do Publish-->HTML-->Detect Flash. I wrote this script:

ActionScript Code:
function detectFlashPlayer() {
playerNotice_mc._visible = false;
okay_mc._visible = false;
var requiredPlayer = 7;
var playerVersion = System.capabilities.version;
var myLength = playerVersion.length;
var spaceNumber = playerVersion.indexOf(" ");
var subPlayer = playerVersion.substr(spaceNumber+1, playerVersion.length);
trace(subPlayer);
var userPlayer = subPlayer.substring(0, subPlayer.length-(subPlayer.length-1));
trace(userPlayer);
userPlayer = Number(userPlayer);
trace(userPlayer);
if (userPlayer<requiredPlayer) {
playerNotice_mc._visible = true;
} else {
okay_mc._visible = true;
}
}
detectFlashPlayer();

I need a little help checking if it works. HERE is the link. If you have version 7, you should see a red box saying you have version 7. Else, you should see a purple box asking you to update. Also, I don't really know AS 1.0 (just 2.0) so if you see something that wouldn't be compatable, please point that out.

For archival purposes the fla is attached (in MX NOT MX 2004). Also, here are 3 other threads that also deal with this in a little different way.
http://actionscripts.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=49583
http://www.actionscript.org/forums/s...d.php3?t=43689
http://moock.org/webdesign/flash/detection/moockfpi/

Load JPEG Upon Flash Player Version Check
I thought Flash had a built in feature along with the Player checking that could load a static JPEG in place of the movie if the proper Flash Player was not detected. I don't find it in Help or searching this forum. Anyone point me in the right direction?

Flash Version Check?
I need links to a tutorial that will explain to me how to set up a page that checks the version of flash the user has.

Thanks in Advance.

Using Flash And Php To Check A Version Of Something
Hey there imcreating a simple chat program for my website and i want it so when i change the file version in my php file it shows up on the flash file in a diff keyframe.

Check Users Flash Version
Is there an html code I can insert to make sure my site user has flash 6, and if they dont prompt them to get it? I could swear it used to do this automaticall in flash 4. I am having lots of trouble with people visiting my site and just getting a black screen becuase they dont have teh flash 6 plugin. thanks to anyone who know.

Check Version Of Flash Plugin?
1. How to check wich version of the falsh player-plug in is installed on your browser within flash?
Is there a way or special command in Flash?

2. How to do it via Javascript on my site, I only know how check wheter it is installed or not!?

HTML Check Flash Version
What is the HTML code to check if the user has certain version of flash? If they don't I want to redirect them to a specific html page. Thanks.

Check Version Of Flash Remotely
Does anyone know how to write a script that can remotely check the current version of Adobe Flash on multiple workstations?

Flash Version Check In Projector File
If I am not using an HTML doc with my Flash file, but just a projector file (the file will be on a CD and not accessed from a web site or page), how can I do a version check for the correct version of Flash? Will the version check from the HTML tab in the publish settings still work?

How To Check The Flash Version From Window Explorer?
Hey guys, I need to find out the version of flash player running on a machine just using windows explorer. I know Adobe and many other sites run flash-detection scripts, but the user has a firewall against all these sites and it can't be lifted at the moment.

Any advice?

Check Version Of Flash Used Using File Properties
Hi,

Anyone know how to check the version of the Flash program or plugin used in producing .swf via file properties?

Here's what happened.

I install Apreview.swf with the Flash.ocx (v7) and SWFlash.ocx (v5) using InstallShield. Then i install an old version called Bpreview.swf which has old version of Flash.ocx and SWFlash.ocx. Both swf works fine.

Problem now is when i install Cpreview.swf (suppose to be same version as Apreview.swf), Cpreview doesn't work. I'm suspecting the developer who did this used different version of Flash to produce Apreview.swf and Cpreview.swf, so I would like to check the version.

I don't have Flash installed on my PC and I'm not familiar with Flash.

Please help!

Thanks.

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.

Need A Code On My Html Page That Will Check For Flash Version
I have just noticed that when I upload my Flash page to the host and people view it with an older Flash Player, my Flash site looks all wrong.

I cant publish it at a lower version because my Flash page will not work properly with the action script I have used.

What I need is a code that I place on my html page that the Flash is embedded in and it checks to make sure the user viewing the page has Flash Player 9 and if not, it will take them to the Flash Player download page or will tell them they require the latest Flash Player and it will direct them to my error page or a html version of the site.

Anyone have any idea how to do this or links to tutorials or samples.

Thanks

Old Version Of Flash Player And Location Of Flash Player In The Computer?
Hello forum!

I want to test the update process of my site but already have the latest version of flash player. So I have two problems:

-the first one is that I can't find older versions (fp6 or fp7) on the internet

-the other one is that (don't smile) I can't manage to uninstall the latest version of flash player from my computer! I unistalled all flash player programs in the control panel of windows XP, I don't find flash player in the "program files" folder, however flash player is always working!!

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

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

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??

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.

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

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?

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.

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

Still Old Dutch Version Of Flash Player 6 At MM
Why did MM update the install pages for players for all languages except the Dutch version?

The Dutch install page at MM still has version 6,0,65,0
404 K
date: 12/12/2002

(I reported this a while ago, but no response)

Flash Player 6 - Need Downloadable Version
my boss will be doing a demo of some of our new products this weekend, and his laptop does not have the current Flash player or an Internet connection.

Is there a place on Macromedia's FTP site where a downloadable Flash Player is available?

Detect Flash Player Version?
Seems like an obvious question that someone out there knows... How do I detect the version of the flash player that a user is using? I am publishing as flash 6 and need to let anyone using flash 5 know that they need the new player.

Thanks in advance.
brett
brett@virmalo.net

Checking For Flash Player Version.
I need to make sure my users have Flash player version 6.0r79 or higher. Can anyone tell me how, or point me to a link where I can read about this? Thanks!

Most Widely Used Flash Player Version?
I'm just starting to design a site and my boss is worried about not enough users having the flash 7 player. He wants to publish with the flash 5 player, which I just can't even bear to think of because of the limitations it puts on me as a flash developer.

Do you guys think that backward compatibility is really that necessary? Or do you think a splash page that says 'page requires flash player 6/7, click here to get it' would suffice?

Thanks

Flash Player Version To Publish
I am about to publish my movie and upload to web. Should I publish it to version 8(then the user will have to download version 8 for it to run right?) Or should I publish it to any earlier version (any recommended?) so that less people have to go through the hassle of downloading a newer version to view my site?

Checking For Flash Player And Version
hi,

is there any coding or such that will search a users computer to see if they have the flash player or version required before trying to lead the .swf? and if so can it then give a message telling the user this?

cheers.

Detect Flash Player Version
hi

I'm exporting my movies outs as flash player 8 but on some pc's they have an earlier version, how do I detect what flash player is installed then get them to download it?
cheers, any help would be great!

Detect Flash Player Version
Plz anybody tell me that -

How can i ditect or trace the Version of flash player

Flash Player 8 Debug Version
Howdy,

Can anybody shed any light on what the debug version of flashplayer is for?

What can I do with it?

Thanks

Which Flash Player Version To Export To
Hi, I have a client who is not able to see my flash movie on a few of his clients computes using old versions of flash, and tells me he sees other flash sites fine.

When I export the swf file out of flash, it gives me the option to choose any flash player going back all the way to flash player 1. Will choosing an old export version like flash player 1 allow the swf file to be viewable on the most browsers? What other options do I have to ensure that is vieweable on as many computers as possible?

thanks tons!!

Jeff

Flash Player 9 Version Problems
I have a flash interface designed in flash cs3 with some dynamic UI elements created via actionscript 3 during runtime. I used flash player ver 9.0.115 for development and testing purposes and everything seemed to be working. Lately I have found that the interface fails to render on the older minor versions of flash player 9 , specifically I tried on ver 9.0.16 and 9.0.45. Some of the UI elements doesn't shop up(eg. textArea) or keeps flickring when loaded. I have been struggling to make my interface work atleast with all versions of flash player 9. Any help is appreciated.
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

[Q] Flash Player Version Issue...
Okay... Another dumb question for anybody who wants to grab...

Is it correct that if I make a Flash movie in FMX 2004 with the AS 1.0 and have it publish for Flash Player 6, then anybody who has Flash Player 6 SHOULD be able to play the movie, right???

Well... That sounds logical to me that it should be working that way, but one of my coworker's Mac and another PC didn't play the movie, so that's why I am asking the question...

As a side note, I went to MM site to find out that they don't have FMX trial version download anymore... Dang it... I guess I am forced to stay with the 2004... Don't I hate it??? I am sure that I am not going to use AS 2.0 since the final product will be pretty much for F5 and F6, but I don't feel good about this... Oh, well...

Problems With New Version Of Flash Player
I've seen all posts here but I don't know if what I am asking is covered.
I have Weather Channel desktop and I think that it may be causing a conflict because with the earlier versions, the information pop up window would always display temp., radar..
I know that this requires to have Adobe Flash Player.
when the window pops out, all I get is a blue screen with no information.
The temperature does appear on the system tray,
It's only when I double click it to see options, they are like faded, cannot change settings.
Anybody having this problem with other programs that require the flash player and does not display the information?
Thanks.

Combobox And Flash Player Version 9,0,16,0
Does anybody know that if you use a combobox component in flash, it creates conflict with specific sub version of flash player like: 9,0,16,0 and does not load properly and the flsh file is stuck on the first frame of the movie.

The file runs ok on sub version like: 9,0,45,0

Any suggestions to fix this problem?

SetVariable & Flash Player Version
I stumpled upon this odd problem. I guess when I make something with Flash MX, then IE and Flash Player version 6 should be enough to view and handle it correctly?

An example:
On a HMTL page where the Flash is loaded, I have a JavaScript function along the lines:

var x = document.movie.GetVariable ("_root.clip._x");

Which gives me the x-coordinate of the Movie Clip "clip". This part works fine in Flash Player 6. However, if I try something along the following:

var x = "100";
document.movie.SetVariable ("_root.clip._x", x);

It works fine in Flash Player 7 and the clip moves in the Flash Movie, but nothing happens in version 6.

Did I miss something or is version 7 just required for this?

Flash Player Version Confusion
Hi Guys,

I have a silly, yet important question about Flash Player versions. What happens if I publish a flash file for the Flash 8 player, but the user only has a Flash 7 player? Specifically, I want to use the new glow filter Flash 8 provides on a navigation bar on one of my sites. Does this mean that a user with only Flash 7 player will see everything but the new glow feature, or that the user will not be able to view the file at all without the Flash 8 player?

I know that the Flash 8 player has about 70-75% penetration already, and it would be worth it to me to publish under Flash 8 if the user could still use my navigation bar but would not be able to see the glow filter I am using. However, I fear that the user would not be able to view the flash 8 file at all and since it is my navigation bar in that case I would want to avoid taht and just publish to flash 7 instead. Any advice on this subject? Thank you!