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    limor

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    Is there an "IF" "ELSE" script, with-in the HTML code, that works when a user loads your page with an embedded Flash object in a cell and they DON'T have the Flash plugin, it then loads an IMG in it's place. Anyone know about this???

    Sorry, if this is a bit of a novice question, that's probably because I am one :)

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    Re: If No Flash Plug-In > Else JPEG = HOW???
    « Reply #1 on: 05/07/04, 06:24 »
    detect browser and if there's no plugin, forward to site with img on it.

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    Re: If No Flash Plug-In > Else JPEG = HOW???
    « Reply #2 on: 05/07/04, 06:41 »
    >

    So, I'm assuming that's the ONLY way to really do it then?

    I thought about that before, but then I thought that their might be a script for it, but I'm not a coder by any means so I wouldn't know if the script even existed.

    Thanks,
    Limor.

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    Re: If No Flash Plug-In > Else JPEG = HOW???
    « Reply #3 on: 05/07/04, 07:02 »
    well, basicilly if you detact no-plugin, you could do
    [script]
    document.write = "<img scr=\"yourpic.jpg\">";
    [/script]
    Look for detecting script at Macromedia.

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    Re: If No Flash Plug-In > Else JPEG = HOW???
    « Reply #4 on: 05/07/04, 09:30 »


    Another novice question -

    Okay, now I've implemented the code, and now want to test it on one of my browsers, but they all have flash plugins, how (I'm on a Mac) would I be able to fool the page that I DON'T have Flash

    Thanks in advance,
    Limor.

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    Re: If No Flash Plug-In > Else JPEG = HOW???
    « Reply #5 on: 10/11/05, 18:46 »
    <html lang="en">
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
    <title>NoteBook</title>
    <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
    <!--
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Globals
    // Major version of Flash required
    var requiredMajorVersion = 8;
    // Minor version of Flash required
    var requiredMinorVersion = 0;
    // Revision of Flash required
    var requiredRevision = 0;
    // the version of javascript supported
    var jsVersion = 1.0;
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // -->
    </script>
    <script language="VBScript" type="text/vbscript">
    <!-- // Visual basic helper required to detect Flash Player ActiveX control version information
    Function VBGetSwfVer(i)
      on error resume next
      Dim swControl, swVersion
      swVersion = 0
     
      set swControl = CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." + CStr(i))
      if (IsObject(swControl)) then
        swVersion = swControl.GetVariable("$version")
      end if
      VBGetSwfVer = swVersion
    End Function
    // -->
    </script>
    <script language="JavaScript1.1" type="text/javascript">
    <!-- // Detect Client Browser type
    var isIE  = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1) ? true : false;
    var isWin = (navigator.appVersion.toLowerCase().indexOf("win") != -1) ? true : false;
    var isOpera = (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera") != -1) ? true : false;
    jsVersion = 1.1;
    // JavaScript helper required to detect Flash Player PlugIn version information
    function JSGetSwfVer(i){
       // NS/Opera version >= 3 check for Flash plugin in plugin array
       if (navigator.plugins != null && navigator.plugins.length > 0) {
          if (navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] || navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"]) {
             var swVer2 = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] ? " 2.0" : "";
                var flashDescription = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash" + swVer2].description;
             descArray = flashDescription.split(" ");
             tempArrayMajor = descArray[2].split(".");
             versionMajor = tempArrayMajor[0];
             versionMinor = tempArrayMajor[1];
             if ( descArray[3] != "" ) {
                tempArrayMinor = descArray[3].split("r");
             } else {
                tempArrayMinor = descArray[4].split("r");
             }
                versionRevision = tempArrayMinor[1] > 0 ? tempArrayMinor[1] : 0;
                flashVer = versionMajor + "." + versionMinor + "." + versionRevision;
             } else {
             flashVer = -1;
          }
       }
       // MSN/WebTV 2.6 supports Flash 4
       else if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv/2.6") != -1) flashVer = 4;
       // WebTV 2.5 supports Flash 3
       else if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv/2.5") != -1) flashVer = 3;
       // older WebTV supports Flash 2
       else if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv") != -1) flashVer = 2;
       // Can't detect in all other cases
       else {
          
          flashVer = -1;
       }
       return flashVer;
    }
    // If called with no parameters this function returns a floating point value
    // which should be the version of the Flash Player or 0.0
    // ex: Flash Player 7r14 returns 7.14
    // If called with reqMajorVer, reqMinorVer, reqRevision returns true if that version or greater is available
    function DetectFlashVer(reqMajorVer, reqMinorVer, reqRevision)
    {
        reqVer = parseFloat(reqMajorVer + "." + reqRevision);
          // loop backwards through the versions until we find the newest version   
       for (i=25;i>0;i--) {   
          if (isIE && isWin && !isOpera) {
             versionStr = VBGetSwfVer(i);
          } else {
             versionStr = JSGetSwfVer(i);      
          }
          if (versionStr == -1 ) {
             return false;
          } else if (versionStr != 0) {
             if(isIE && isWin && !isOpera) {
                tempArray         = versionStr.split(" ");
                tempString        = tempArray[1];
                versionArray      = tempString .split(",");            
             } else {
                versionArray      = versionStr.split(".");
             }
             versionMajor      = versionArray[0];
             versionMinor      = versionArray[1];
             versionRevision   = versionArray[2];
             
             versionString     = versionMajor + "." + versionRevision;   // 7.0r24 == 7.24
             versionNum        = parseFloat(versionString);
               // is the major.revision >= requested major.revision AND the minor version >= requested minor
             if ( (versionMajor > reqMajorVer) && (versionNum >= reqVer) ) {
                return true;
             } else {
                return ((versionNum >= reqVer && versionMinor >= reqMinorVer) ? true : false );   
             }
          }
       }   
       return (reqVer ? false : 0.0);
    }
    // -->
    </script>
    </head>
    <body bgcolor="#c8c8c8">
    <!--url's used in the movie-->
    <!--text used in the movie-->
    <!--
    99%
    -->
    <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
    <!--
    var hasRightVersion = DetectFlashVer(requiredMajorVersion, requiredMinorVersion, requiredRevision);
    if(hasRightVersion) {  // if we've detected an acceptable version
        var oeTags = '<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"'
        + 'width="766" height="800"'
        + 'codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab">'
        + '<param name="movie" value="NoteBook.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#c8c8c8" />'
        + '<embed src="NoteBook.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#c8c8c8" '
        + 'width="766" height="800" name="NoteBook" align="middle"'
        + 'play="true"'
        + 'loop="false"'
        + 'quality="high"'
        + 'allowScriptAccess="sameDomain"'
        + 'type="application/x-shockwave-flash"'
        + 'pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">'
        + '<\/embed>'
        + '<\/object>';
        document.write(oeTags);   // embed the flash movie
      } else {  // flash is too old or we can't detect the plugin
        var alternateContent = ' View this amazing website with the latest version of Flash.' // I would imagine put the jpg code here!
         + ' It is FREE and takes only moments to download.'
          + '<a href=http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash/>Get Flash 8 Here!</a>';
        document.write(alternateContent);  // insert non-flash content
      }
    // -->
    </script>
    <noscript>
       // Provide alternate content for browsers that do not support scripting
       // or for those that have scripting disabled.
         Alternate HTML content should be placed here. This content requires the Macromedia Flash Player.
         <a href="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash/">Get Flash</a>     
    </noscript>
    </body>
    </html>