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Old September 6th, 2002, 03:34 AM
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Question Flash Detector
If i want to build an HTML page with an embedded Flash animation, is there a Javascript of some description which will allow me to detect whether or not the user has Flash installed, and if not, possibly substitute the animation with a JPG or GIF image?

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Old September 6th, 2002, 06:44 AM
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use browser hawk
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Old September 6th, 2002, 09:43 AM
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what is browser hawk? where do i get it and what do i do with it? PS, if it is not freeware, then it is not a solution to my problem, since I would have to buy it in dollars and since I live in South Africa, the price will be way out of my reach (1 american dollar = 10 south african rands). Is there anything else I can do?

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Old September 6th, 2002, 08:30 PM
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run a detect page, place a flash animation on it and make it jump to a flash and if it doesnt load, make a meta refresh after 20 seconds, and make it jump to a non-flash page
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Old September 6th, 2002, 08:39 PM
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PHP Code:
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">

function MM_checkPlugin(plgIn, theURL, altURL, autoGo) { //v4.0
  var ok=false; document.MM_returnValue = false;
  with (navigator) if (appName.indexOf('Microsoft')==-1 || (plugins && plugins.length)) {
    ok=(plugins && plugins[plgIn]);
  } else if (appVersion.indexOf('3.1')==-1) { //not Netscape or Win3.1
    if (plgIn.indexOf("Flash")!=-1 && window.MM_flash!=null) ok=window.MM_flash;
    else if (plgIn.indexOf("Director")!=-1 && window.MM_dir!=null) ok=window.MM_dir;
    else ok=autoGo; }
  if (!ok) theURL=altURL; if (theURL) window.location=theURL;
}
//-->
</script>
<script name="Used by MM_checkPlugin" language="javascript">
<!--
with (navigator) if (appName.indexOf('Microsoft')!=-1 && appVersion.indexOf('Mac')==-1) document.write(''+
'<scr'+'ipt language="VBScript">\nOn error resume next\n'+
'MM_dir = IsObject(CreateObject("SWCtl.SWCtl.1"))\n'+
'MM_flash = NOT IsNull(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash"))\n</scr'+'ipt>');
//-->
</script>

<body onLoad="MM_checkPlugin('Shockwave Flash','flash_found.html','no_flash.html',false);r  eturn document.MM_returnValue">

use that code 
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Old September 7th, 2002, 03:26 AM
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Question Meta-Refresh question
I've been looking for a solution to the original question for quite some time. This script looks like the best answer - nice work. A couple of questions though.

- Is it impossible to achieve the scenario posted in the original question? ie - Can an image be shown on the same page and in the same spot where the Flash would be if the Flash plugin is not detected? One would think some javascript could get the job done, no?

- Your suggestion for setting the meta-refresh for 20 sec: Is there a reason why you chose this timeframe, or could it be set to 10 or 15 seconds? Just curious.

Thanks in advance for your reply.
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Old September 9th, 2002, 01:45 AM
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thanks for the help people! I really appreciate it. I'll give that script a try and let you all know how I manage
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Old September 9th, 2002, 06:46 AM
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the reason why 20 seconds is because of people on 56k-

need to give them time to load
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