FLASH: Platform / version sniffer that will also work in Flash 4 player I Really need this to work

[George Medve]

Simple passing of string to tell target what to do isn't working! 


I am try to use the "$version" command (which does work in both F4 & F5) to

"sniff" what platform and what version of Flash player they are using. Once

this has been found out the appropriate icon is displayed...simple in

theory..but it won't work with the F4 player, but works fine with F5

player!! 



if(subString($version,0,1)== "M"){

tellTarget (clip) {

gotoAndStop("apple");

}

} else if(subString($version,0,1) == "W"){

tellTarget(clip){

gotoAndStop("pc");

}}





But I really need this or something like this to work in F4 player 



Anyone got any suggestions?




Thanks



George.




I have tried to create a similar scipt in F4:


Set Variable: "os" = "$version"

If (Substring(os,0,1) =" W")

      Begin Tell Target ("/platforrm")

            Go to and Play ("windows")

      End Tell Target

Else If (Substring(os,0,1) =" M")

      Begin Tell Target ("/platforrm")

            Go to and Play ("apple")

      End Tell Target

End If



But I can't seem to enter $version as an action even though I have seen this

done on:    http://www.flashbrothers.com/vers/




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