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Subject: Re: FLASH: flash 5.0 plugin detector
From: PSWoods
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 17:14:58 GMT

yeah - i know what you mean. i posted a 'solution' yesterday - after a lot
of people had cried about not being able to detect the F5 player with any of
the existing scripts - and didn't get any response.

the MM Flash Dispatcher uses the $version variable in the way you describe,
but only for the flash player *plugin* - not the active x control.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Willoughby" <paul_willoughbyatbeap [dot] co [dot] uk>
To: <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 11:25 AM
Subject: RE: FLASH: flash 5.0 plugin detector


> I'm starting to feel ignored here ;-) Has anybody yet tried the
> possibilty of using the $version variable which was introduced in Flash
> 4?
> Anyway, Bill, for your purposes this is really straightforward (i.e.
> Flash 4 only no Flash 5)
> Make a new Flash 4 18 x 18 movie with 2 empty keyframes. In frame 1 put
> this code:
>
> SetVariable: playerVersion = Eval("$version") //this is an expression
> SetVariable: thisPlayer = Substring(playerVersion, 5, 1)
>
> In frame 2:
>
> If(thisPlayer = 4) //or maybe 'eq "4"'
> GetUrl: "myFlash4Site.htm"
> Else if (thisPlayer = 5) //as above
> GetUrl: "i don'tlikeFlash5Player.htm"
>
>
> This should work, if you know the user will have either the 4 or 5
> plug-in (maybe not on Mac IE 4.5). Maybe with a META refresh tag it
> could also act as a general 'sniffer' movie, but I haven't tested this.
>
> hth
>
> paul
>
> Bill Ristine wrote on 14 November 2000
>
> >
> > I am trying to find away to prevent Flash4 movies opening
> > in Flash5 until
> > Macromedia fixes the bugs...Any suggestions?
> >
>
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