Re: detecting quicktime player

[Ron Woodland]

Cath is right.  I use the version checking command in my stub project 
to verify presence and version in one step, then if QuickTime is not 
installed or it's an older version, I give the viewer the option of 
quitting or installing the latest version (standalone installer is 
conveniently present on the CD-ROM) which I launch for them from within 
the projector.  Unfortunately, on the Mac at least, that requires a 
restart after installation, so the process isn't quite as seamless as 
I'd like.

Ron Woodland

On Wednesday, September 3, 2003, at 03:35  PM, Cath Sample wrote:

I think quicktimeversion() returns 0 or Void if there is no quicktime. 
Like you say, try it and see.
Cath

At 13:16 3/9/2003 -0700, you wrote:
It's my remembrance that one needs to verify 'the quicktimePresent' 
before trying 'the quickTimeVersion' or else you can get a Lingo 
error since the QT Xtra can't load if QT's not installed (the version 
detection method isn't accessible since resides within the Xtra).

Of course the final answer is to try it.

hth

-Buzz

At 12:17 PM -0500 9/3/03, you wrote:
On Tuesday, Sep 2, 2003, at 17:10 America/Chicago, matt johansson 
wrote:

Cath has shown the 'quickTimeVersion', whats the other method?
There's quickTimePresent, but that only tells you whether QT is 
installed or not (true/false), not the version. I was being a little 
tongue-in-cheek there and implying you could look up 
'quicktImeVersion' in the docs.
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