RE: An emergency - my life depends on it!

[Christian Cook]

Saw it fine too. PC Netscape 4.0.4 on Win NT


Regards


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	-----Original Message-----

	From:	Henry Moreno [SMTP:

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	Sent:	20 April 1998 13:32

	To:

flashermail [dot] chinwag [dot] com

	Subject:	RE: An emergency - my life depends on it!


	I looked at it not a problem...you must of figured out what you

did wrong.



	Good Luck


	> -----Original Message-----

	> From:

ownershocker [dot] com

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ownershocker [dot] com]On">mailto:ownershocker [dot] com]On

 Behalf Of

Jonathan

	> Baldwin

	> Sent: Monday, April 20, 1998 10:44 AM

	> To: Flash

	> Subject: An emergency - my life depends on it!

	>

	>

	> Hello all - I've got 66 digests to catch up on. Argh.

	>

	> Here's the problem. I was called in to a meeting today and

virtually

	> ordered to remove Flash from our company's web site because

the IT boys

	> think it doesn't work, and will put people off looking at the

site. I

	> used all the arguments about the download time being an

investment etc

	> etc. Deaf ears, I'm afraid. Using Flash, I've managed to keep

the site to

	> just 89k - as traditional GIFs and JPEGs I reckon it would've

been over 1

	> megabyte.

	>

	> It turns out the problem lies in the fact that the

first-version site

	> went up today for testing (very basic, hardly an award

winner!) but

	> everyone leapt at the chance of seeing it and was greeted with

a message

	> saying they didn't have the required plug-in.

	>

	> At the moment, the home page checks for the presence of the

Flash

	> plug-in, using Dreamweaver's built-in behaviour. If it's not

present, you

	> get a (currently very plain) 'you need Flash' message.

	>

	> Even after the plug-in has been downloaded, the message still

comes up.

	>

	> I suggested the reason was that the script checks for Flash 2,

whereas

	> the plug-in downloaded is now version 3. However, even with

the version 2

	> plug-in installed, I still seem to get the message. What's

going on?

	>

	> Please take a look at http://www.hrpc.co.uk and see what

happens.

	>

	> What I need is to know what code I should include on the home

page to

	> check for any version of Flash (at least version 2). If the

plug-in is

	> present, the page should download as normal, if not it should

go to a

	> page called 'getflash.html'

	>

	> Please email me privately (as well as responding to the list

if this

	> problem sounds like it might be useful to others) at:

	>

jonathan [dot] baldwinukonline [dot] co [dot] uk

	>

	> Unfortunately I can't access the code I used on the homepage

without

	> going back to the office, but I really need a solution before

then - I'm

	> hoping the time difference will mean some of you Americans

will be able

	> to save my career! (it really is that serious...)

	>

	> I'm annoyed of course that the problem was broadcast all over

the place

	> instead of first being discussed with me so it could be sorted

out.

	> Surely that's the point of testing a web site before going

public?

	>

	> Anyway, hope someone can help.

	>

	> Cheers

	>

	> Jonathan

	>

	>

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