Can ColdFusion detect if Flash is available?

I'd like to be able to detect if a user's browser will support Flash, and ideally be able to tell if the version is up to date enough to handle my Flash application.  Is this possible? TIA

Not directly.  You can render a page that uses JavaScript to detect the flash player and version and then send the user to the appropriate (flash / non-flash) page.  This is what the default wrapper of most Flash-producing environments (Flash IDE, FlexBuilder, etc.) does for you. cheers. barneyb On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 1:24 PM, K Simanonok <karl1@simanonok.com> wrote: > I'd like to be able to detect if a user's browser will support Flash, and ideally be able to tell if the version is up to date enough to handle my Flash application.  Is this possible? > > TIA -- Barney Boisvert bboisvert@gmail.com http://www.barneyb.com/ Got Gmail? I have 100 invites.

CF = server.. Flash is client.. so I wouldn't think so.. if I was wrong it wouldn't be the first time On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 3:24 PM, K Simanonok <karl1@simanonok.com> wrote: > I'd like to be able to detect if a user's browser will support Flash, and ideally be able to tell if the version is up to date enough to handle my Flash application.  Is this possible? > > TIA

This is my favorite Flash detection JavaScript http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/ =] -- Alan Rother Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer Manager, Phoenix Cold Fusion User Group, AZCFUG.org

If you use JavaScript to detect Flash, can you use CF to detect if JavaScript is enabled in the use's browser? If you cannot get CF to detect and/or enable JavaScript then I suggest one is developed? Kamru ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

Why should CF enable Javascript on client ? It's a security breach. Isnt it ? Jayesh If you use JavaScript to detect Flash, can you use CF to detect if JavaScript is enabled in the use's browser? If you cannot get CF to detect and/or enable JavaScript then I suggest one is developed? Kamru ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

CF only "knows" what the browser tells it. It can't force the browser to reveal anything. On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 4:48 AM, Kamru Miah <k.miah@csl.gov.uk> wrote: ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

Not wrong in this case but it is important to note that the browser does send a wealth of information about itself with each request. So just b/c something is client side does not preclude CF from knowing something about it. Adam On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Greg Morphis <gmorphis@gmail.com> wrote: ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----