question about flash detection plugin

[jaaaab]

hi

in the features i can read: "Flash version detector with "Express Install" support"

can you tell us more about it?

thanks!

[Denis]

Read "Flash version detection" tutorial in your Flash Panorama Player package.

[jaaaab]

hey,

well if i ask this question, that's because i didn't bought the package yet.

this question is one of my decision points to buy it.

just tell me how this feature acts please.

other questions:

-are all the features we can see on the blog (included flash videos, sounds, transitions) ready to use yet?

-does flash 8 is ok to see non-fullscreen panoramas? or is flash 9 required to see all kind of panoramas?

-can you give me statistics of flash 9 peneration in this end of year? i can only find september official statistics.

thanks for answers, i really would like to support and use your product!

bye

[mickael]

you can see detection at work here if you launch with anything but flash9
http://www.mediapiculture.net/360days/360/71
i guess you could also have seen it on any of Denis' pages

[Denis]

Thanks, Mickael! :)

About questions: yes, all features in examples are ready to use, even more, there are some features are not present in examples; flash 9 required (quick install support for users with version 6 and higher http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=6a253b75 );
statistics for new visitors in my Google counter gives me about 65% of users with Flash 9, returned visitors have 9th Flash version in 98.3% :)

[clodomi]

Hello Denis,

I try to NOT use SWFObject, because for me beford i bought Panorama Flash Player, i found a simple way to play a swf in Internet Explorer without IE asking "are shure to let this active X control play?" (or something like that). When i saw that you use SWFObject, it seems for me quite a difficulte way... You will understand:

In my HTML, in place I want to display my.swf i put:
<script language="JavaScript" src="my.js"></script>
And I create a JS file (my.js) in Note Pad like this (maybe you know that way):
document.write('<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" width="955" height="251" id="pano1" align="middle">');
document.write('<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />');
document.write('<param name="movie" value="my.swf" />');
document.write('<param name="quality" value="high" />');
document.write('<param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" />');
document.write('<embed src="my.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="955" height="251" name="mymovie" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" />');
document.write('</object>');
And that's all! Realy simple...
But... Hum !
Now i try to understand if I can translate your example with Flash detection (using SWFObject) in my.js file (without SWFObject) :confused:

Those lines you give us:
<script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>
<div id="flashcontent">
This content requires Adobe Flash Player 9 plugin. Please, visit <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer/">adobe.com</a> and install it.
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject("show_my.swf", "pano", "100%", "100%", "6.0.65", "#999999");
so.addVariable("movie", "my.swf");
so.addVariable("redirect", window.location);
so.write("flashcontent");
</script>
Any idea ?
What do you think about my methode?

How can I translate:var so = new SWFObjectfor example?

Thanks for help.
-------------------
OK I found HTML-less variant, so in my.js i wrote this: document.write('<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" width="955" height="251" id="pano1" align="middle">');
document.write('<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />');
document.write('<param name="movie" value="show_my.swf?movie=my.swf" />');
document.write('<param name="quality" value="high" />');
document.write('<param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" />');
document.write('<embed src="show_my.swf?movie=my.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="955" height="251" name="mymovie" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" />');
document.write('</object>'); Thanks Denis