Thanks re:swfobject, but I was hoping to keep this pretty light - there really is no simple Javascript way to do this?
Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organizational Effectiveness >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Weekes >>Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 2:02 PM >>To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Simple Flash player detection without versioning? >> >>Maybe you could use swfobject (pretty much industry standard detection >>script), and then pass in the RequiredVersion var of 0? >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, >>Jason >>Sent: 09 November 2006 18:53 >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Simple Flash player detection without versioning? >> >>Yes, but I don't want my scripts to HAVE version detection for the users who >>do have the Flash player, because we always know what to build for and what >>version the user will have. Since the detection script gets copied all over >>the place, I don't want to update those scripts to account for newer Flash >>players when we push out newer versions. >> >>Jason Merrill >>Bank of America >>Learning & Organizational Effectiveness >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Rodecker >>>>Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 1:42 PM >>>>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>>>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Simple Flash player detection without >>versioning? >>>> >>>>if they dont have flash player, then they won't have the required >>version >>>>number anyway, so wouldn't the version detection scripts still work? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>On 11/9/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Might be a dumb and simple answer, but is there any way to simply >>detect >>>>> the presence of the Flash player in IE WITHOUT also checking for a >>>>> specific version number (IE detection only is required, not other >>>>> browsers)? The Javascript detection scripts I've seen always check >>for >>>>> say Flash 7 or 8, but not for just Flash. >>>>> >>>>> Reason is: In our case, all of our user base either has the Flash >>player >>>>> installed of a specific common version enterprise wide, or not at >>all. >>>>> I'd like a script that does not check for versions, or multiple >>>>> versions, so we don't have to update the detection script when the >>>>> enterprise pushes out a new player version to the user base. Our >>>>> detection scripts in HTML files get pushed out and copied several >>times >>>>> over to different web sites, so I don't want to have to update all >>of >>>>> those later when new version of Flash get pushed out. >>>>> >>>>> It's probably quite simple with Javascript, I just don't have much >>time >>>>> to research it today. Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> Jason Merrill >>>>> Bank of America >>>>> Learning & Organizational Effectiveness >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>>>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>>>> >>>>> Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>>>> Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>>>> http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com >>>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>[email protected] >>>>To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>>>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>>> >>>>Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>>>Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>>>http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com >>_______________________________________________ >>[email protected] >>To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >>Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com >>http://training.figleaf.com >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>[email protected] >>To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >>Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>http://www.figleaf.com >>http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
