[SWFObject] SWFObject Digest, Vol 1, Issue 18

Thu Apr 27 12:32:10 PDT 2006

well you must have the expressinstall code in your fla -

if you look at frame 1 of the example, that's an example of how to do  
it.

On Apr 27, 2006, at 3:09 PM, Reed, Scott wrote:

> I guess I completely misunderstood the idea of express install. I was
> thinking this was essentially a silent install. So, that explains the
> issues I'm having with that. I still need to look further into why  
> it is
> proceeding with loading the Flash 8 content when I clearly only have
> Flash 7.0.61 installed.
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>    1. express install (Reed, Scott)
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>    3. Re: express install (Geoff Stearns)
>    4. Re: express install (Michael Tighe)
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> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:16:43 -0400
> From: "Reed, Scott" <Scott.Reed at benjerry.com>
> Subject: [SWFObject] express install
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> I've had a number of people tell me that a swf I have on my site is
> loading without prompting them to upgrade. I have verified this. When
> Flash 7 is installed and I am requiring Flash 8, the swf begins  
> playing
> rather than showing the upgrade message. If I enable express  
> install, I
> actually just get a blank area where the swf should be. I cannot  
> explain
> what might be occuring. I'm wondering if it's possible that our  
> company
> is somehow blocking express install and that is partially responsible
> for the second behavior, but I do not understand why the detection is
> failing. When I go to this page
> http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/flashversion.html it does say I  
> have
> 7.0.61 installed as expected, but it is not prompting me to upgrade on
> my site where I am specifying 8.0.0 as the required version.
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> Scott Reed
> Sr. Web Developer
> Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
> 802-846-1547 x7859
> <http://www.popsicle.com/>
> www.benjerry.com <http://www.benjerry.com/>
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> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:20:55 -0600
> From: "Michael Tighe" <michaeltighe at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [SWFObject] express install
> To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
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> I have the same issue, though it just started to occur - let me  
> know if
> you find a solution (I'll do the same as I am searching too).
>
> Thanks,
> mike
>
> On 4/27/06, Reed, Scott <Scott.Reed at benjerry.com> wrote:
>>
>> I've had a number of people tell me that a swf I have on my site is
>> loading without prompting them to upgrade. I have verified this. When
>> Flash
>> 7 is installed and I am requiring Flash 8, the swf begins playing
>> rather than showing the upgrade message. If I enable express install,
>> I actually just get a blank area where the swf should be. I cannot
>> explain what might be occuring. I'm wondering if it's possible that
>> our company is somehow blocking express install and that is partially
>> responsible for the second behavior, but I do not understand why the
>> detection is failing. When I go to this page
>> http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/flashversion.html it does say I
>> have 7.0.61 installed as expected, but it is not prompting me to
> upgrade on my site where I am specifying 8.0.0 as the required  
> version.
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------
>> Scott Reed
>> Sr. Web Developer
>> Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
>> 802-846-1547 x7859
>>  <http://www.popsicle.com/>
>> www.benjerry.com
>>
>>
>>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:33:37 -0400
> From: Geoff Stearns <geoff at deconcept.com>
> Subject: Re: [SWFObject] express install
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> you can use my expressinstall page to test your system...
>
> http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/expressinstall.html
>
> this page requires 8.0.23 - so it will try to upgrade you if you have
> anything lower.
>
> if this works, then it's probably an issue with your swf file - you  
> can
> look at the fla that comes with swfobject and compare the code/
> movieclips i use in that.
>
> also: it's best to test your expressinstall stuff with flash player 6
> - sometimes if you are using a custom upgrade message, flash player  
> 6 is
> really picky about the stuff you can show when you publish from  
> flash 8.
>
>
>
> On Apr 27, 2006, at 1:16 PM, Reed, Scott wrote:
>
>> I've had a number of people tell me that a swf I have on my site is
>> loading without prompting them to upgrade. I have verified this.
>> When Flash 7 is installed and I am requiring Flash 8, the swf begins
>> playing rather than showing the upgrade message. If I enable express
>> install, I actually just get a blank area where the swf should be. I
>> cannot explain what might be occuring. I'm wondering if it's possible
>> that our company is somehow blocking express install and that is
>> partially responsible for the second behavior, but I do not  
>> understand
>
>> why the detection is failing. When I go to this page
>> http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/flashversion.html it does say I
>> have 7.0.61 installed as expected, but it is not prompting me to
>> upgrade on my site where I am specifying 8.0.0 as the required
>> version.
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------
>> Scott Reed
>> Sr. Web Developer
>> Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
>> 802-846-1547 x7859
>> www.benjerry.com
>>
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> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:35:08 -0600
> From: "Michael Tighe" <michaeltighe at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [SWFObject] express install
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> How do I roll back my browsers so that I can test older versions of
> flash?
>
> Never been able to figure that one out.
>
> Thanks for the pointers,
> Michael
>
> On 4/27/06, Geoff Stearns <geoff at deconcept.com> wrote:
>>
>> you can use my expressinstall page to test your system...
>> http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/expressinstall.html
>>
>> this page requires 8.0.23 - so it will try to upgrade you if you have
>> anything lower.
>>
>> if this works, then it's probably an issue with your swf file - you
>> can look at the fla that comes with swfobject and compare the
>> code/movieclips i use in that.
>>
>> also: it's best to test your expressinstall stuff with flash player 6
>> - sometimes if you are using a custom upgrade message, flash player 6
>> is really picky about the stuff you can show when you publish from
> flash 8.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 27, 2006, at 1:16 PM, Reed, Scott wrote:
>>
>> I've had a number of people tell me that a swf I have on my site is
>> loading without prompting them to upgrade. I have verified this. When
>> Flash
>> 7 is installed and I am requiring Flash 8, the swf begins playing
>> rather than showing the upgrade message. If I enable express install,
>> I actually just get a blank area where the swf should be. I cannot
>> explain what might be occuring. I'm wondering if it's possible that
>> our company is somehow blocking express install and that is partially
>> responsible for the second behavior, but I do not understand why the
>> detection is failing. When I go to this page
>> http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/flashversion.html it does say I
>> have 7.0.61 installed as expected, but it is not prompting me to
> upgrade on my site where I am specifying 8.0.0 as the required  
> version.
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------
>> Scott Reed
>> Sr. Web Developer
>> Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
>> 802-846-1547 x7859
>>  <http://www.popsicle.com/>
>> www.benjerry.com
>>  <Blank Bkgrd.gif>
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