detecting flash

[aspen]

I need to write a script that detects if a person has flash installed and if they do then do something, if not do something else.

I can do this no problem with javascript - except for the detecting flash part. I have no idea how to have a js detect flash - or even if its possible.

[uwajes]

I've had the same problem...but I ended up doing a redirect using flash...

http://www.macromedia.com/support/fl..._detection.htm

[aspen]

I dont need to do a redirect.

This is for a flash advertisement that I want to popup in a new window. And I also need to set a cookie when I pop it up too. But I only want the window to popup if the user has flash installed.

[aspen]

nevermind - found it

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- use this comment tag to hide the enclosed code from old browsers.

//Look for a version of Internet Explorer that supports ActiveX (i.e., one that's
//running on a platform other than Mac or Windows 3.1) or a browser that supports
//the plugin property of the navigator object and that has Flash Player 2.0
//installed.

if ((navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer" &&
    navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Mac") == -1 && 
    navigator.appVersion.indexOf("3.1") == -1) ||

    (navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"])
                       || navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"]){

   //Load a pre-defined HTML page with Flash Player in it into the browser window.
    window.location='flashed.html';
}
else {
    //Load a pre-defined HTML page without Flash Player into the browser window.
    window.location='nonflashed.html';
}

// Close the comment tag. -->
</SCRIPT>

[aspen]

if (navigator.mimeTypes && navigator.mimeTypes.length)
{
x = navigator.mimeTypes['application/x-shockwave-flash'];
if (x && x.enabledPlugin) flashinstalled = 2;
else flashinstalled = 1;
}

This wont work for NS.

And yes it has both javascript and flash installed - and I double checked and it has that correct mime type so why wont this work?

[Arielladog]

Check this out:

http://javascriptcity.com/forums/sho...?threadid=2215

The script you have for IE actually just says if it's IE above this version, it's ok, but what the script I posted does is checks for IE, and it also uses navigator.plugins[] to check for NN.

aDog

[aspen]

if(navigator.appName=="Netscape"){ 
var fb=navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"].description; 
var fv=Math.round(fb.charAt(fb.indexOf(".") - 1)); 
if(fv==5){ 
youhaveflash(); 
}else{ 
noflash(); 
}}else{ 
var swf = new ActiveXObject('ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.5'); 
if(swf){ 
youhaveflash(); 
}else{ 
noflash(); 
}} 
</script>

The key part of yours is navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"]

I use the same criteria in scripts above and it does not work.

[Arielladog]

Hey,

Are you sure my script doesn't work...I'm almost sure it has in the past for many people.

aDog

[aspen]

Well - actually yes it does work.

I wonder why mine didn't.

[aspen]

var flashinstalled = 0;

if(navigator.appName=="Netscape"){ 
if(navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"]){ 
flashinstalled = 2;
}}

if(flashinstalled == 2){
alert("You have Flash");
DisplayInfo();
}

Okay - this does not work.

If I move the alert up into the other if statement I get the alert, but down where it is I don't - and I don't get the function either.

[aspen]

now nothing works again.

if(navigator.appName=="Netscape"){ 
if(navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"]) 
{
alert("You have Flash");
}else{ 
alert("You don't have Flash"); 
}}

[aspen]

I removed all the rest of the js from the page and still it doesn't work....

[Arielladog]

Hey,

I really have no reason why those wouldn't work for you. I'm not the best with plug-ins, but I'll assume your code is correct. Here's how I'd do it ... one of two ways. Hopefully both of them should work.

var flashinstalled = 0;

if(navigator.appName=="Netscape" && navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"]){ 
flashinstalled = 1;
}

if(flashinstalled){
alert("You have Flash");
DisplayInfo();
}

or:

if(navigator.appName=="Netscape" && navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"]){ 
alert("You have Flash");
DisplayInfo();
}

Hope that helps,
aDog

[aspen]

its actually working now.

Don't you love netscape inconsistencies?