The way this can be done most certainly would be to convert the shell to a flash 8.0 swf. Earlier players will be able to play the swf, so long as it does not include any Flash 8 Movieclip exports, or Flash 8 actionscript in the initialization code.
M. On 1/31/06, Jason Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > We have a Flash 6.0 application which we are expanding with Flash 8.0 > components (to do with image uploading). Specifically, if a user is > viewing the app with a lower Flash player, we offer them the Flash 6.0 > upload interface (HTML), otherwise, they get the Flash 8.0 upload > interface (Flash). > > We are doing this by loading the Flash 8.0 upload component into a new > level in the Flash 6.0 shell (loading into a movie clip did not seem to > work so well). Re-writing the Flash 6.0 shell is not really an option as > it is far too big. > > My question is although this works - is it 'right' to do it the right > way to do it i.e. before we make it live, has anyone had any real > experience / lessons from doing something like this? > > Much obliged, > > Jason. > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
