Thanks Michael.....that's really what I'm doing at the moment, but I can't
understand why it works on our local version and not live. Any ideas?

Kath

-----Original Message-----
From: Haggerty, Michael A. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 18 March 2002 13:45
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: OT : Flash & CF Mac plugin problems


Katherine;

Detecting Flash on Mac can really be hit or miss. To this day, I have not
found a reliable means of detecting it on Mac Netscape 3.x; on some
computers it works, and on some computers it doesn't. 

What I do to get around this is include a small (18px x 18px) Flash movie at
the bottom of my entrance page. All the movie does is forward users to a
page that sets a client variable saying Flash is present. If Flash is not
available on the machine, the movie does not run and the Flash never shows.

This is as close to reliable as I have been able to get, however, I would be
interested in hearing how other developers get around this issue. 

M

-----Original Message-----
From: Katherine Maltby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 7:04 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: OT : Flash & CF Mac plugin problems


Sorry to be a bit off topic here but need some help......

We have a website which on the first page, based on a flash plugin detect
script, selects whether to pull in a flat html menu, or a flash one. On our
local version it works on all browsers, however, once uploaded to the live
site Mac browsers select the flash menu but then brings up a 'click here to
download plugin' box instead of loading the flash file.

The file is being directed through ColdFusion variables, but I cannot
understand how it is working locally but not live. The CF is only stating
which on-state to show on the menu, and is currently using only one
variable, i.e. nothing really complex....has anyone come across anything
like this before?

Cheers,
Kath

Katherine Maltby
Web Production Director

Thoughtbubble Ltd 
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