Detecting Flash Player with Lingo?

[jgsstrappy webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I have always detected the QT player in my stub projector but now have some Flash elements in the movie as well. Any Lingo out there that will allow me to check to see if the proper Flash player Version is present?

I read that no Flash Player is needed on a machine running a Director projector is the correct Xtras is installed? Is that true. Even if so, I want to see what version of Flash they have because I am going to be using FlashPaper and don't know if it will work on earlier versions of the FlashPlayer.
Thanks for any help on this most frustrating problem!

jon eynon

ecologik multimedia

[Ned]

afaik, it depends on the Director version you use :
if building projector with > you'll be able to play
dir 7 > Flash 4
dir 8.5.1 > Falsh 5
dir MX > flash 6

since it's dir's xtras that play Flash, the thing doesn't depend on the
flash plug-in/player/activeX already installed on user's computer

hth
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| I have always detected the QT player in my stub projector but now have
some Flash elements in the movie as well. Any Lingo out there that will
allow me to check to see if the proper Flash player Version is present?
|
| I read that no Flash Player is needed on a machine running a Director
projector is the correct Xtras is installed? Is that true. Even if so, I
want to see what version of Flash they have because I am going to be using
FlashPaper and don't know if it will work on earlier versions of the
FlashPlayer.
| Thanks for any help on this most frustrating problem!
|
| jon eynon
|
| ecologik multimedia
|
|

[Rob Dillon]

Hi Jon,

You don't need to look for the Flash player on the user's computer. The
Flash player is built into the Flash Xtra. If you are using Director MX
then you'll have the player for Flash MX built in.

You won't be able to use FlashPaper as that's an MX 2004 thing. You can
only use ActionScript appropriate for the version of Flash that the
Xtra in Director will support.

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Rob
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[jgsstrappy webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Thanks for your help. I understand the Flash built in function with the Xtra. How come they have allowed for the Flash Xtra to play without the help of the Flash Player itself but can't do that with QT? Is it a licensing issue with Apple?

I have downloaded the trial version of Director MX and have successfully put in FlashPaper (.swf) files. With a little lingo code to clean up bugs, it seems to work just fine. We have Director MX on the way right now (full version) Are you saying that the version I get will not be able to incorporate FlashPaper items? It isn't any different then the present download trial is it?

Thanks again for your help. Nice to be able to talk to someone out these problems! I feel out on the island here in Indiana!

jon

[Rob Dillon]

Hi Jon,

I thought that FlashPaper was an MX 2004 thing. If it works now, then
it will work in the new copy of Director.

The Flash player is a very small file, and apparently, fits comfortably
in the Xtra. Since Macro makes both products, they are free to optimize
the code as they like. Since they, Macro, can distribute the Xtra with
Director, there's no need to deal with downloads or updates or checking
for version numbers. This simplifies the development and user
experience.

Quicktime is owned by Apple. It's a much larger application.
Quicktime's development and update cycle aren't aligned with any
Macromedia product. Even if the QT player could be integrated into the
Xtra, or carried along seperately, new versions and updates would still
have to be carried forward somehow. This process might be more complex
and difficult than the current method of finding the player and it's
version.

What I'd like to see would be a version of the player that would run
from a CD in a similar manner to the way the Acrobat player can be
used.

--
Rob
_______
Rob Dillon
Team Macromedia
[url]http://www.ddg-designs.com[/url]
412-243-9119

[url]http://www.macromedia.com/software/trial/[/url]