how to prompt user to download the flash player?

san_crazy · 04-10-2009, 05:01 AM

I have embed an flash movie in webpage using <object> tag as:

Code:

    <object   
              classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
              id="flash_movie"
              width="849" height="133"
              codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0"          

              <param name="movie" value="flash_movie.swf">
              <param name="bgcolor" value="#DEC0A0">
              <param name="quality" value="high">       
              <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="samedomain">

              <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="samedomain">
              <embed
                 type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
                  
                 pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"

                 name="flash_movie"
                 width="849" height="133"
                 src="/external/css/flash_movie.swf"
                 bgcolor="#DEC0A0"
                 quality="high"       
                 allowscriptaccess="samedomain"
          
              </embed> 
            </object>


this flash movie will be played automatically if client's browser does have flash player installed. but what if he doesn't?
how can I prompt user to install the flash player when he visit my site first time?

san_crazy · 04-10-2009, 06:30 AM

here is the link where i have uploaded my site to test

www.stripathi.110mb.com

the flash content is being played in firefox 3.0 but neither it being played in IE7.0 and google chrome nor any prompt for user to download the latest version

_Aerospace_Eng_ · 04-10-2009, 06:43 AM

You need to use something like SWF Object 2.0 which has an express install feature that prompts the user to install the latest version of flash. Your code does no detection of which flash version the user has which is why it doesn't "prompt" them.

san_crazy · 04-10-2009, 08:02 AM

i have done everything, it still doesn't work

please recheck the homepage of my website