Sample HTML pages that use the Flash Dispatcher (enter.html, installFlash.html, upgradeFlash.html).Īn interactive demo of how the Flash Dispatcher works with the sample pages (demo.html).įlash Dispatcher Dreamweaver/UltraDev behavior. The Flash Dispatcher (Dispatcher.js, Dispatcher.vbs, detectFlash.swf). This suite of tools can be downloaded for free from the Macromedia Web site, at The kit consists of the following components : In response to the wails and moans of developers trying to find the perfect solution to detecting Flash-enabled browsers, Macromedia created the Flash Deployment Kit. With the rollout of Flash 5, Macromedia released the Flash Deployment Kit, which is a suite of tools that you can use to simplify the Flash Player detection process. Script-based detection (JavaScript or Visual Basic Script) You can use several methods to detect whether your visitor's browser is Flash-enabled:īrowser-based detection (Windows IE only) If you just think of the terms as being more or less interchangeable, you'll be fine. That being said, when you look at the code in the Flash Dispatcher section, the code will refer to it as the plug-in. Either way, it's still the Flash Player, and it makes more sense to be consistent. Why? Because the Flash Player is implemented as a plug-in in Netscape and Internet Explorer for the Macintosh, and as an ActiveX Control in Windows versions of Internet Explorer.

In this chapter, we'll be referring to the Flash Player rather than the Flash plug-in, except in very specific circumstances.

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