RE: [flasher] Is there a way to check the online status from an exe without the error dialog?

[Paul Willoughby]

I'm not quite sure what you're trying to do (ftp from a Flash exe?? dynamic

content from the web into an exe??), but you can check whether a user is on

an exe version of your site rather than the online version by using the

inbuilt _url property of a movie. If you're online, the first four

characters of the _url variable are going to be 'http', but if you're using

an exe it will be 'file', so:


If(substring(_url, 0, 4) == "file"){

	// the user is using an exe

}else if(substring(_url, 0, 4) == "http"){

	// the user is at your website

}


hth


paul


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

>

From: Andries van der Leij [andriestheMetroStation [dot] com (mailto:andriestheMetroStation [dot] com)]

> Sent: 12 February 2001 12:34

> To: flasher from chinwag

> Subject: [flasher] Is there a way to check the online status 

> from an exe

> without the error dialog?

> 


> 

> I was wondering if there is a trick  to check the online 

> status without the

> dialog box from appearing...?

> 

> you would very much help me out if you know a possible solution!!

> 

> Thanks in advance,

> 

> Andries van der Leij