FLASH: Detection Alternate NOT working

[Jefferis Peterson]

IN testing the standard detections for Flash 4, I am finding a particular

difficulty. 

If I use Object and Embed tags, no alternate page is created for Non

Flash enabled IE, rather the plug in search function is activated and the

missing plug in image occurs. 


But if I use Object only and the code   below, IE 5 with plugin  is

coming up with the alternative gif image, and a nonFlash enabled browser

does too. 


I need it only switch to the alternate if the plug in in IE 5 is

missing...  until I started messing with it, the detection scheme was

working just fine.  My problem is that I need an image map alternative

gif which Dreamweaver will not let me add except by raw html coding. I'm

not doing something right...


Any suggestions?  Not especially the last 3 options of Netscape 2,

NoScript and NoEmbed alternatives...



Thanks,


Jeff


<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"

 codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/

swflash.cab#version=4,0,2,0"

 ID=SilkMan WIDTH=90% HEIGHT=90%>

    <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="SilkMan.swf">

    <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high>

    <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#000000>

    <img name="HtmlAlternate" src="newimages/HtmlAlternate.gif"

width="500" height="300" border="0" usemap="#m_HtmlAlternate"> 

    <SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript>

<!--

var plugin = (navigator.mimeTypes && navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-

shockwave-flash"]) ? navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-

flash"].enabledPlugin : 0;

if ( plugin && parseInt(plugin.descri

ption.substring(plugin.description.indexOf(".")-1)) >= 4 ) {

	// Check for Flash version 4 or greater in Netscape

	document.write('<EMBED src="SilkMan.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#000000 ');

	document.write(' swLiveConnect=FALSE WIDTH=90% HEIGHT=90%');

	document.write(' TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash"

PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/

index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">');

} else if (!(navigator.appName && nav

igator.appName.indexOf("Netscape")>=0 &&

navigator.appVersion.indexOf("2.")>=0)){

	// Netscape 2 will display the IMG tag below so don't write an extra one

	document.write('<img name="HtmlAlternate" src="newimages/

HtmlAlternate.gif" width="500" height="300" border="0"

usemap="#m_HtmlAlternate"><map name="m_HtmlAlternate">

<area shape="rect" coords="230,236,312,257" href="http://

www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/alternates/" >

<area shape="rect" coords="228,183,315,204" href="index2.html" >

</map');

}

//-->

</SCRIPT><NOEMBED>

    <map name="m_HtmlAlternate"> <area shape="rect"

coords="230,236,312,257" href="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/

download/alternates/" > 

      <area shape="rect" coords="228,183,315,204" href="index2.html" > </

map></NOEMBED> 

    <NOSCRIPT><img name="HtmlAlternate" src="newimages/HtmlAlternate.gif"

width="500" height="300" border="0" usemap="#m_HtmlAlternate"><map

name="m_HtmlAlternate"> 

      <area shape="rect" coords="230,236,312,257" href="http://

www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/alternates/" > 

      <area shape="rect" coords="228,183,315,204" href="index2.html" > </

map></NOSCRIPT> 

  </OBJECT> </div>



Jefferis Peterson, Pres.

Flash and Web Design

http://www.PetersonSales.net

Tel & Fax. 724-458-7169


ICQ 19112253


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