[SWFObject] forcing upgrade from 7 to 8 with express install

[Geoff Stearns]

it should be working...

are you sure you have flash player 7 installed?

did you put code in to stop your swf and load the updater if  
needsUpdate() returns true, like in my example?


On Nov 6, 2006, at 6:59 PM, Tod.Antilla at cancer.org wrote:

>
>
> Hi.
>
> Trying to force a version 8 upgrade from 7.
> Although SWFObject getVersion confirms my Firefox player  
> installation to be
> version 7, ExpressInstall.needsUpgrade() allows player 7 to view my  
> version
> 8 swf regardless of as2 calls to version 8 filters , etc. Have an ugly
> workaround using $version instead of ExpressInstall.needsUpgrade(), (
> ExpressInstall.init() works fine)  but would prefer to figure out why
> needsUpgrade doesnt consider my swf version 8. Must be missing  
> something
> obvious. Anyone have a sure fire way of coercing a swf to version 8  
> in the
> mind of needsUpgrade? Heres my javascript embed:
>
>  var so = new SWFObject("header_promo_master.swf", "promoid",  
> "760", "169",
> "8", "#ffffff", true );
>           so.addParam("allowScriptAccess", "always");
>           so.addParam("base", "/common/video/HomePromo");
>             so.write("flashPromo");
> Thanks.
>
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