Re: FLASH: flash 5.0 plugin detector

[Gregg Caines]

Our company site uses a sniffer (written in Flash 4) that

uses the $version variable fairly successfully as far as our 

tests go.  We actually programmed (in ASP) a way to see 

if the detection worked (or failed) and tell us what browser

was being used.  We've had a number of browsers on a 

number of platforms and it seems to be detecting just fine.


I substring the $version variable just as was suggested, and

I test to see if the number >= 4, since our site is in version 

4, but we want to be able to allow all subsequent plug-ins.


Anyway, the method works like a charm, for all those who 

are interested in knowing.  If someone wants my detection

FLA, I'd be happy to share it, though it's not that hard to do 

from scratch.


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Gregg Caines

n e o m e t r i x  systems inc.

http://www.neometrixsystems.com

gcainesneometrixsystems [dot] com

> 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




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