[SWFObject] javascript detection with swfobject

Tue May 30 06:26:25 PDT 2006

Hi,

I will directly switch the the latest version + use the so.write method.

Thanks

Guillaume

On 5/30/06, Geoff Stearns <geoff at deconcept.com> wrote:
>
>  in the latest version of swfobject, the write() method will return true
> or false depending on whether the flash content was written...
>
> so you could do this:
>
>
> if (!so.write('content')) {
> // flash was not written, do something
> } else {
> // flash was written, do something else
> }
>
>
>
>
>
>  On May 30, 2006, at 9:15 AM, Guillaume wrote:
>
>   Hi,
>
> Ive been using swfobject, which is very handy - And i have been asked to
> do some flash detection (for people coming with a Flash 7 player, to play
> Flash 8 swfs) - in Javascript, for various reasons from my manager. Since
> when you put into SWFObject() the parameter to write for a flash "8" swf, if
> someone (under IE or firefox) got Flash Player 7, it will not write anything
> into the "Flashcontent" div, here is my kind of solution , and at least
> compared to scripts you can find here and there, this one looks to work well
> with ffox.
>
> <script>
> function returnobj(id) {
>   if (document.getElementById) {
>     return document.getElementById(id);
>   } else if (document.all) {
>     return document.all[id];
>   } else if (document.layers) {
>     return document.layers[id];
>   } else {
>     return false;
>   }
> }
>
>
> function didFlashWork()
> {
>
> var target = returnobj("Flashcontent");
>
> if(target) {
> if(target.innerHTML.length<2) {
>
>  target.innerHTML = "Sorry you do not have flash player/the good version
> of flash player.. please see <a href='http://www.adobe.com'>Here</a> to dl
> a flash player..";
>
> }
>
> }
>
> }
>
> </script>
>
>
>
> (...)
>
> <html>
>
> <body>
>
> <script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>
>
> <div id="Flashcontent"></div>
> var so = new SWFObject("test.swf","mymovie", 200, 200, "8", "#000000");
>
> so.write("Flashcontent");
> didFlashWork();
> </script>
>
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