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Configuring publish settings for Flash Player detection

You can configure your document to detect your users' Flash Player version. If you've selected Detect Flash Version in the Publish Settings dialog box, users who access your Flash application are transparently directed to an HTML file that contains a SWF file designed to detect their Flash Player version. If they have the specified version or later, the SWF file again redirects the user to your content HTML file, and your SWF file plays as designed. If users don't have the specified version, they're redirected to an alternate HTML file that Flash creates, or that you've created.

To enable Flash Player detection:

  1. Select Detect Flash Version on the HTML tab of the Publish Settings dialog box. For general information, see Specifying publish settings that create HTML documents with embedded Flash content.

    Note: The option is available only if you've selected Flash Player 4 or later on the Flash tab of the Publish Settings dialog box, and if you have not selected QuickTime or Image Map as a template.

  2. Click Settings for Detect Flash Version. The dialog box shows the Flash Player version that you selected on the Flash tab of the Publish Settings dialog box. You can use the Major Revision and Minor Revision text boxes to specify precise revisions of Flash Player.
  3. The Detection File text box displays the name of the HTML file that contains the SWF file designed to detect the Player version and redirect users to the appropriate HTML page. You can accept the default name, or change it.

    Note: Changing the default name also changes the name in the HTML text box on the Formats tab of the Publish Settings dialog box.

  4. Use the Content File text box to specify the name of the HTML template that contains your Flash content. The default name is the name of your document, appended with _content.
  5. Do one of the following to create the alternate HTML page, for users who don't have the specified Flash Player version:
    • If you'd like Flash to automatically create an alternate HTML file, select Generate Default and either accept the default filename in the Alternate File text box, or enter a new filename.
    • If you've created an HTML file to use as the alternate file, select Use Existing, then click Browse and select the HTML file.
  6. Click OK to return to the Publish Settings dialog box.
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