[SWFObject] Activating install if there's no player

[Geoff Stearns]

swfobject isn't designed to do this - it's not possible to download  
or install anyting without redirecting them to the adobe site. some  
browsers have their own install dialog you can invoke, like firefox  
or IE's activex install window.

but i generally like to simply provide alternate content and let the  
flash degrade to that content if they don't have the flash player  
installed.




On Dec 13, 2006, at 6:01 AM, David Roudebush wrote:

> Hi-
>
> This must be incredibly obvious...  I want to invoke a download/ 
> install of
> the appropriate Flash player if it's not present.
>
> This should happen without taking the viewer away from the page that's
> trying to display Flash content.
>
> If I point the redirectUrl attribute to
> http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer, for example, the page
> immediately changes to the Adobe download page, taking the viewer  
> away from
> my source page.
>
> I couldn't figure out how to get it to load to a target="_top", for  
> example.
>
> The Dreamweaver detection kit solution causes a standard file  
> download to
> start, which leaves my source page intact.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
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