check browser plag in

[steve]

Hi

Can I do something like this:
For example I have a flash banner on my page
If I make a gif animation something similar to the flash one
can I put some script to check the browser plug in and if the browser
have plug in flash to display the flash
and if the browser do not have flash to display the gif image.
How do I achieve that if it is possible

Thanks

 

[Toby A Inkster]

can I put some script to check the browser plug in and if the browser
have plug in flash to display the flash
and if the browser do not have flash to display the gif image.
How do I achieve that if it is possible

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="flash.swf" height="100" width="150">

<img type="image/gif" src="mypicture.gif" height="80" width="20"
alt="Alternative text">

</object>

This will display the flash file, but if this is not possible will display
the image file and if that isn't possible, display some alternative text.

 

[steve]

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="flash.swf" height="100" width="150">

<img type="image/gif" src="mypicture.gif" height="80" width="20"
alt="Alternative text">

</object>

This will display the flash file, but if this is not possible will display
the image file and if that isn't possible, display some alternative

text.

It work fine if the browser do not have flash plug in.
But if the browser have flash plug in it displaying both the flash
movie and the gif animation.
How can I make it to display only flash in that case?

Thanks

 

[Toby A Inkster]

It work fine if the browser do not have flash plug in.
But if the browser have flash plug in it displaying both the flash
movie and the gif animation.

That is what the HTML above should do!

Are you saying that it displays both the Flash and the image in your
browser? If so, that is a browser bug. Which browser are you using? I'd
like to see this!

 

[Leif K-Brooks]

But if the browser have flash plug in it displaying both the flash
movie and the gif animation.
How can I make it to display only flash in that case?

Get Microsoft to fix your browser.

 

[steve]

That is what the HTML above should do!

Are you saying that it displays both the Flash and the image in your
browser? If so, that is a browser bug. Which browser are you using? I'd
like to see this!

Yes
It is Internet Explorer 6 (with SP1)

 

[Mark Parnell]

Sometime around Tue, 28 Oct 2003 03:05:44 +0200, steve is reported to have
stated:

Yes
It is Internet Explorer 6 (with SP1)

Could you post a URL?

 

[steve]

Are you saying that it displays both the Flash and the image in
your

Could you post a URL?

I have not upload it at
but if you want me to I will

this code work only if the machine do not have flash install
and than it display the image
but if the machine have flash
than the page just can not open

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="testflash.swf"
height="100" width="150">
<img type="image/gif" src="testgif.gif" height="80" width="20"
alt="Alternative text">
</object>
---------------------------------------


this code work fine with machine with flash and machine with out flash
but I'm not sure it is the right way

<object classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
width="430" height="28">
<param name="movie" value="testflash.swf">
<img type="image/gif" src="testgif.gif" height="80" width="80"
alt="Alternative text">
</object>
-------------------------------------

 

[Toby A Inkster]

<object classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
width="430" height="28">
<param name="movie" value="testflash.swf">
<img type="image/gif" src="testgif.gif" height="80" width="80"
alt="Alternative text">
</object>

It probably wouldn't display the Flash file in Netscape (except 7.1), nor
in any version of Opera, nor any Mac browser(?) even if the Flash plugin
was installed.

 

[steve]

It probably wouldn't display the Flash file in Netscape (except 7.1), nor
in any version of Opera, nor any Mac browser(?) even if the Flash plugin
was installed.

So which one is the correct way to do it?

 

[Steve Pugh]

So which one is the correct way to do it?

I can't believe no one's pointed you at this article yet:

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay/

Read it carefully all the way through.

My own tests concur with the authors of that article. The best way to
include a Flash movie for modern browsers is:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="testflash.swf"
height="100" width="150">
<param name="movie" value="testflash.swf">
<img type="image/gif" src="testgif.gif" height="80" width="80"
alt="Alternative text">
</object>

This works in IE, Mozilla, Opera, etc. Only old browsers like Netscape
4 won't be able to see the Flash movie.

Steve

 

[steve]

I can't believe no one's pointed you at this article yet:

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay/

Read it carefully all the way through.

My own tests concur with the authors of that article. The best way to
include a Flash movie for modern browsers is:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="testflash.swf"
height="100" width="150">
<param name="movie" value="testflash.swf">
<img type="image/gif" src="testgif.gif" height="80" width="80"
alt="Alternative text">
</object>

This works in IE, Mozilla, Opera, etc. Only old browsers like Netscape
4 won't be able to see the Flash movie.

That it is.

Thanks