// JavaScript Document // EXTENDED FLASH CHECK - amends by asmiller // // Script defaults to check for flash 4 as before // // Extended Feature -- HasFlash -- Ability to check for other versions pass version num as optional argument i.e. // -- HasFlash(7); // Will return true or false // // Extended Feature -- insertFlash -- Ability to pass to flash a query string as optional argument i.e. // -- InsertFlash( 'myFlash.swf', 300, 300, '#ffffff', 'myValue=someValue&myValue2=someOtherValue' ); // // Extended Feature -- WriteFlashToContainer -- Ability to pass to flash a query string as optional argument i.e. // -- WriteFlashToContainer( 'myFlash.swf', container, 300, 300, '#ffffff', 'myValue=someValue&myValue2=someOtherValue' ); // var requiredVersion = 4; // Version the user needs to view site (max 9, min 2) // ************* // System globals var flash2Installed = false; // boolean. true if flash 2 is installed var flash3Installed = false; // boolean. true if flash 3 is installed var flash4Installed = false; // boolean. true if flash 4 is installed var flash5Installed = false; // boolean. true if flash 5 is installed var flash6Installed = false; // boolean. true if flash 6 is installed var flash7Installed = false; // boolean. true if flash 7 is installed var flash8Installed = false; // boolean. true if flash 8 is installed var flash9Installed = false; // boolean. true if flash 9 is installed var maxVersion = 9; // highest version we can actually detect var actualVersion = 0; // version the user really has var hasRightVersion = false; // boolean. true if it's safe to embed the flash movie in the page var jsVersion = 1.0; // the version of javascript supported // Check the browser...we're looking for ie/win var isIE = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1) ? true : false; // true if we're on ie var isWin = (navigator.appVersion.toLowerCase().indexOf("win") != -1) ? true : false; // true if we're on windows // This is a js1.1 code block, so make note that js1.1 is supported. jsVersion = 1.1; // Write vbscript detection on ie win. IE on Windows doesn't support regular // JavaScript plugins array detection. if(isIE && isWin){ document.write(' \n'); document.write('on error resume next \n'); document.write('flash2Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.2"))) \n'); document.write('flash3Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.3"))) \n'); document.write('flash4Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.4"))) \n'); document.write('flash5Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.5"))) \n'); document.write('flash6Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.6"))) \n'); document.write('flash7Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.7"))) \n'); document.write('flash8Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.8"))) \n'); document.write('flash9Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.9"))) \n'); document.write('<\/SCR' + 'IPT\> \n'); // break up end tag so it doesn't end our script } // Next comes the standard javascript detection that uses the // navigator.plugins array. function detectFlash() { // If navigator.plugins exists... if (navigator.plugins) { // ...then check for flash 2 or flash 3+. if (navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] || navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"]) { // Some version of Flash was found. // Set convenient references to flash 2 and the plugin description. var isVersion2 = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] ? " 2.0" : ""; var flashDescription = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash" + isVersion2].description; // DEBUGGING: uncomment next line to see the actual description. // alert("Flash plugin description: " + flashDescription); // A flash plugin-description looks like this: Shockwave Flash 4.0 r5 // We can get the major version by grabbing the character before the period // note that we don't bother with minor version detection. // Do that in your movie with $version or getVersion(). var flashVersion = parseInt(flashDescription.substring(16)); // We found the version, now set appropriate version flags. Make sure // to use >= on the highest version so we don't prevent future version // users from entering the site. flash2Installed = flashVersion == 2; flash3Installed = flashVersion == 3; flash4Installed = flashVersion == 4; flash5Installed = flashVersion == 5; flash6Installed = flashVersion == 6; flash7Installed = flashVersion == 7; flash8Installed = flashVersion == 8; flash9Installed = flashVersion >= 9; } } // Loop through all versions we're checking, and // set actualVersion to highest detected version. for (var i = 2; i <= maxVersion; i++) { if (eval("flash" + i + "Installed") == true) actualVersion = i; } // If we're on msntv (formerly webtv), the version supported is 4 (as of // January 1, 2004). Note that we don't bother sniffing varieties // of msntv. You could if you were sadistic... if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("WebTV") != -1) actualVersion = 4; // DEBUGGING: uncomment next line to display flash version // alert("version detected: " + actualVersion); // If the user has a new enough version... hasRightVersion = (actualVersion >= requiredVersion); } function HasFlash () { var localHasRightVersion; if (arguments[0]) localHasRightVersion = ( (arguments[0]) <= actualVersion ); else localHasRightVersion = hasRightVersion; //alert ("localHasRightVersion : " + localHasRightVersion + " || requested version " + arguments[0] + " || installed version : " + actualVersion ); return ( localHasRightVersion ); } function InsertFlash( sFilename, iWidth, iHeight, sBackground ) { var sOut, fileNameStr = sFilename; if ( arguments[4] ) fileNameStr += "?" + arguments[4]; sOut=''; sOut+=''; sOut+=' '; sOut+=' '; sOut+=' '; sOut+=' '; sOut+=''; sOut+=' '; sOut+=' '; sOut+=' '; sOut+=' '; sOut+=' '; sOut+=''; sOut+=' '; sOut+=' '; sOut+=' '; sOut+=' '; sOut+='