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Subject: Re: FLASH: page detect
From: Charlene Reese
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 10:36:34 GMT

In the code that aftershock generates that John informed me will refer only
to the smaller FLASH only plugin it is stated thusly:

if ( navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"] ){



Also don't forget about the code that needs to be modified for Win98.

-charlene

On 1/12/99, Patrick Dunne wrote:
>Hi John,
>
>I'm referring to this detection script:
>
>
>(It's preceded by this text: Sending users to one page if they have
>Shockwave and another if they don't
>The script in this HTML page loads one page into the window if the user's
>browser has either ActiveX or the Shockwave Flash 2.0 plug-in, and to
>another page if the user has any other JavaScript-enabled browser. Users
>with non-JavaScript browsers see the traditional visible triage.)
>
><HTML>
><HEAD>
><TITLE>The Portal</TITLE>
><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
><!-- use this comment tag to hide the enclosed code from old browsers.
>//Look for a version of Internet Explorer that supports ActiveX (i.e., one
>that's
>//running on a platform other than Mac or Windows 3.1) or a browser that
>supports
>//the plugin property of the navigator object and that has Shockwave
>Director
>//installed.
>if ((navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer" &&
> navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Mac") == -1 &&
> navigator.appVersion.indexOf("3.1") == -1) ||
> (navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins["Shockwave for
>>Director"].description.indexOf["6.0"] != -1)){
> //Load a pre-defined HTML page with Shockwave in it into the browser
>window.
> window.location='shocked.html';
>}
>else {
> //Load a pre-defined HTML page without Shockwave into the browser window.
> window.location='nonshocked.html';
>}
>// Close the comment tag. -->
></SCRIPT>
></HEAD>
><BODY>
><CENTER>
><H3><BR>
><FONT SIZE=3>requires <A
>HREF="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version
>=ShockwaveDirector">Shockwave Director</A></FONT></H3>
><H3>
></CENTER>
></BODY>
></HTML>
>
>
>The text before the script sums up very neatly what I would like to do, ie.
>send users to a flash page if they have either a relevant plugin for Flash
>3.0 or Active-X.
>
>I used Flash 3 to create a movie, Aftershock to create the html and then I
>added an html page with the above script in it to either point the user to
>the Flash page or to an alternate page without flash.
>
>I changed
> window.location='shocked.html';
>to
> window.location='myshockedpage.html';
>
>and
>
> window.location='nonshocked.html';
>to
> window.location='mynonshockedpage.html';
>
>Do I have to change ["Shockwave for Director"]
>so that it includes the correct name for Flash 3.0 plugins and ActiveX?
>If so, what do I change it to?
>
>TIA
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>----------
>>From: John Croteau <croteauaterols [dot] com>
>>To: flasheratshocker [dot] com
>>Subject: Re: FLASH: page detect
>>Date: Tue, Jan 12, 1999, 11:56 AM
>>
>
>> Hi Patrick,
>>
>> Which detection script are you referring to?
>> The only one actually displayed at FC is an Archive of my Flash 2 only
>> one. Others are linked. Colin has one that isn't linked on the Resource
>> see http://colinmoock.iceinc.com/webdesign/flash/
>>
>> If you are trying to duplicate the one actually used at Flash Central
>> then you should know it detects for both Flash 2 and Flash 3 (We still
>> have the Flash 2 version of the site but it is not updated).
>>
>> ----------- -----------------------
>> John Croteau croteauaterols [dot] com (mailto:croteauaterols [dot] com)
>> ------------- -------------------------
>> FlashTek (Advanced Websites with Flash) http://www.FlashTek.com/
>> Flash Bible (Fast track to good Flash) http://www.FlashBible.com/
>> Flash Central(The Universe Starts Here) http://www.FlashCentral.com/
>> The Flash Tech Resource (Tech Notes) http://www.FlashCentral.com/tech/
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
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