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Subject: RE: FLASH: Netscape Plugin Problems
From: Cordaro, Vince
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 20:17:35 GMT

below is the javascript from www.balthaser.com. It checks for browsers and
plugin version. It seems to run great. I am editing it and using it on my
site.

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Adobe PageMill 2.0 Mac">
<META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Web site design,high production
values,television-like,impressive,online
advertising,Shockwave,multimedia,leading edge,cutting edge,flash">
<META NAME="description" CONTENT="A leading edge corporate-image
developer. We create online presences for companies that have people
talking.">
<TITLE>Balthaser Studios</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000">

<!-- Aftershock english.swf 3=100 4=100 2=1 9=8340 18 19 24=3 45 --><!--
URL's used in the movie--><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"
SRC="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/smart/getsw.js">function
getShockwave() { window.open(
&quot;http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/&quot;,
&quot;&quot; ); } </script><OBJECT
classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"

codebase="http://active.macromedia.com/flash2/cabs/swflash.cab#version=3,0,0
,0"
ID=english WIDTH=100% HEIGHT=100%>
<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="english.swf">
<PARAM NAME=loop VALUE=false>
<PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high>
<PARAM NAME=menu VALUE=false>
<PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#000000>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript>
<!--
var ShockMode = 0;
var OldVersionOfPlugin = 0;
if (navigator.mimeTypes &&
navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"] &&
navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"].enabledPlugin) {
if (navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"])
ShockMode = 1;
else
OldVersionOfPlugin = 1;
}
if ( ShockMode ) {
document.write('<EMBED SRC="english.swf"');
document.write(' swLiveConnect=FALSE WIDTH=100% HEIGHT=100%');
document.write(' LOOP=false QUALITY=high MENU=false
BGCOLOR=#000000');
document.write(' TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash"
PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_
Version=ShockwaveFlash">');
document.write('</EMBED>');
} else if (!(navigator.appName && navigator.appName.indexOf("Netscape")>=0
&& navigator.appVersion.indexOf("2.")>=0)){
document.write('<P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="english.gif" WIDTH=710
HEIGHT=564 BORDER=0>');
if (( navigator.appName.indexOf( "Microsoft" ) != -1 ) && (
navigator.appVersion.indexOf( "Macintosh" ) != -1 ) && (
navigator.appVersion.indexOf( "3." ) == 0 ))
{
document.write( '<P><A
HREF="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/">' );
document.write( '<P ALIGN=CENTER><img
src="get_shockwave.gif" WIDTH=88 HEIGHT=31 BORDER=0></A>' );
} else {
document.write( '<P><A
HREF="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version
=ShockwaveFlash">' );
document.write( '<P ALIGN=CENTER><img
src="get_shockwave.gif" WIDTH=88 HEIGHT=31 BORDER=0></A>' );
}
if ( OldVersionOfPlugin )
document.write( '<P>This page contains a new format movie
that the current Shockwave plug-in cannot handle. Please update to the new
version.</P>' );
}
//-->
</SCRIPT><NOEMBED><IMG SRC="english.gif" WIDTH=710 HEIGHT=564
BORDER=0></NOEMBED><NOSCRIPT><IMG SRC="english.gif" WIDTH=710 HEIGHT=564
BORDER=0><P><A HREF="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/"><P
ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="get_shockwave.gif" WIDTH=88 HEIGHT=31
BORDER=0></A></NOSCRIPT></OBJECT><!-- EndAftershock english.swf -->
</BODY>
</HTML>

Vince Cordaro

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Smollin [SMTP:esmollinatPLANSOFT [dot] com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 2:04 PM
> To: 'flasheratchinwag [dot] com'
> Subject: FLASH: Netscape Plugin Problems
>
> I'm experiencing a strange problem with Netscape Communicator. If the
> browser has the Flash 3 plugin then my Flash 4 content will not display,
> all
> that I see is a blank screen and it doesn't prompt to download the Flash 4
> plugin. I have tested it on other machines and if the browser does not
> have
> any version of the Flash plugin it will pop up a dialog box indicating
> that
> you need to download it, just like it should. Once you download the plugin
> everything works fine. I am using the Flash Only template to publish.
>
> The first frame of my movie contains ActionScript so I understand why the
> movie is stopping and not displaying in a browser with a version 3 plugin.
> What I don't understand is why doesn't it recognize that it needs to
> upgrade?
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Eric Smollin, Multimedia Instructional Designer
> PlanSoft Corporation
> esmollinatplansoft [dot] com
> www.plansoft.com
>
>
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