detect flash player, then create the HTML

Hi guys,

I am working on my new portal and I want to do something like this

when you enter I check for a cookie, lets say

strisFlashPlayerAvailable = Request.Cookies("isFlashPlayerAvailable")

Code (markup):

next STEP

if strisFlashPlayerAvailable then
        response.write "<object>......etc"
    else
        [COLOR="Red"]CHECK IF THE FLASH PLAYER EXISTS OR NO[/COLOR]
        response.write "<img>....etc"
end if

Code (markup):

I know there should be a small scripts that can do this, but I can't find it in my archives. Can anyone help me with the detection please.

Thank you in advance.

 

me? i'd probably escape your VB with %> ...<% and just use a plain jane JS flash detector. something like

var MM_contentVersion = 6;
var plugin = (navigator.mimeTypes && navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"]) ? navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"].enabledPlugin : 0;
if ( plugin ) {
		var words = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"].description.split(" ");
	    for (var i = 0; i < words.length; ++i)
	    {
		if (isNaN(parseInt(words[i])))
		continue;
		var MM_PluginVersion = words[i]; 
	    }
	var MM_FlashCanPlay = MM_PluginVersion >= MM_contentVersion;
}
else if (navigator.userAgent && navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")>=0 
   && (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Win") != -1)) {
	document.write('<SCR' + 'IPT LANGUAGE=VBScript\> \n'); //FS hide this from IE4.5 Mac by splitting the tag
	document.write('on error resume next \n');
	document.write('MM_FlashCanPlay = ( IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." & MM_contentVersion)))\n');
	document.write('</SCR' + 'IPT\> \n');
}
if ( MM_FlashCanPlay ) {
document.write('<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="/new1024withoutmarquee.swf" width="510" height="344">');
	document.write('<param name="movie" value="/new1024withoutmarquee.swf" />');
	document.write('<param name="quality" value="high" />'); 
	document.write('<param name="loop" value="2" />'); 
	document.write('<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />');
	document.write(' </object>');

} else{
	document.write('<img src="/new1024.jpg" width="510" height="344" border="0" usemap="#Map">');
document.write('<map name="Map">');
  document.write('<area shape="rect" coords="1,5,106,110" href="../OPPORTUNITIES/DRIVINGOP.HTML">');
  document.write('<area shape="rect" coords="1,116,106,219" href="/applications/index.html">');
  document.write('<area shape="rect" coords="1,224,107,329" href="/logistics/logistics.html">');
document.write('</map>');
}

Code (markup):

that's one i lifted directly off of one of my sites, basically looks to see if flash is there, if it is, embed the flash movie, if not, display a .jpg with hyperlink hotspots on it. pretty basic stuff, i think there are a hundred different JS flash detection scripts out there. at least 99 anyway.

I understand that it can be done in VB as well, but thats just the way i've always done it and honestly i never saw the need to re-invent the wheel when c/p'ing JS code into my app worked just fine for me. I just googled and saw some VB examples: here's a couple (no idea if it works)

http://www.quirksmode.org/js/flash.html

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/future_detection_03.html

HTH

VG

 

thanks a lot, currently I am busy, but will go over it in the next couple of days and test all the possible scrips.

I'll post here the best way, if I find a better one

thanks VC

 

oh i have no doubt that there are better ones out there. that one's kinda old. do post back if you find one that is better - i'm curious.

lata

VG