So just to check, do you have the swfobject.js library included in the <head>?
It doesn't seem like the swfobject code is running at all, which means the browser will attempt to playback the Flash content with whatever player it has (as no version detection has actually run). Hence flashes of content, and not alt content being shown. The easiest thing to do is post your page, so we can see what is going on. BTW - There is a 3 param for swfobject.registerObject which is the location for the express install swf, which will pop up a player upgrade dialog. Cheers, Aran -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of cornersoyo Sent: Friday, 6 February 2009 4:37 PM To: SWFObject Subject: Flash version detect with static implementation?? I've been reading through these posts and the documentation - and I just am not understanding version detection with static implementation. With the default setup of swfobject 2 static, I place the flash version number as such: <script type="text/javascript">swfobject.registerObject("flashheader", "9.0.0");</script> So, I then start testing it with older browsers using older versions of flash, and all I get is a blank display in place of where I expect my alternate content to appear (sometimes with the preloader showing for a few seconds). Navigator, Opera, FF, whatever, it seems that with the 'static' implementation, all it is checking for is if flash is installed - and if it is, regardless of the version, it tries to deliver it. Is that how it is supposed to work? Am I supposed to add additional code to detect the version when using the static method?? Since it is far more likely that flash will be installed, but with a version that is too old vs. flash not being installed at all, it seems odd to me that it is functioning in this manner. BTW, it does display my alternate content if I disable flash altogether in any of these browsers, so at least I do know it is working to that point. Thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
