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

[Geoff Stearns]

you also need to stop your fla, or tell it to not initialize your  
movie somehow...

so add a stop() in there.

or, if you want, you can try out the next version of swfobject, which  
has a different way of doing expressinstall..

it uses a separate swf, so you don't have to edit your fla anymore.

grab it here:
http://blog.deconcept.com/code/swfobject2.0/

check expressinstall.html to see the new code.


On Nov 7, 2006, at 12:50 PM, tod antilla wrote:

> Damn, thanks for the quick response!
>
> Yes, your version tester confirms me as 7, and I have code to stop  
> the swf and load the updater - I started by pasting your example  
> code in the first empty frame of my fla. If I force the upgrade in  
> a manner such as  this:
>
> if ( true || ExpressInstall.needsUpgrade()) {
>               ExpressInstall.init();
> }
>
> ...the updater works great, but as I mentioned, its a matter of  
> convincing needsUprade() that
> im version 8 as currently it plays in 7. The only version 8 feature  
> im using is filters which are added in the second frame. In fact  
> visiting your expressInstall test( what besides publish settings  
> makes your test 8? )  is working with my browser so I must be  
> missing something but Im running out of things to check. Publish  
> settings 8..., SWFObject constructor with true param and version  
> 8.... First frame code...  After I finish my daily server tasks,  
> Ill try making a new fla and start from scratch hoping I dont  
> replicate my hidden blunder.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 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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