Detect Flash version for executable

I am currently using Captivate v2.0, and created a training
simulation for a new piece of software we are developing. When I
published the standalone executable, I selected Flash Player 7.
For those that were using Flash 6, the first screen would
appear, but they were not able to continue. It took me awhile to
figure it out, but I upgraded them to the latest version, and it
worked. I know this question was posed in an earlier posting, but
the link used was dead and I am hoping someone can answer. Is there
a way where the tutorial can detect what version of Flash is
installed, and recommend the user to upgrade to a later version?
One exception to this situation is when a user was using
Flash 9, and I was still unable to get the tutorial to work. I
rebuilt the stand-alone executable with Flash version 6, and it
worked for her. We rebooted her computer, reinstalled version 9,
and tried the tutorial with the version 7 needed, and still no
luck. Any ideas?
Thank you for your help.
Chas

Hi Chas and Larry,
I also faced this issue once and then it figured that the
standalone created by Captivate is not *standalone*. It works like
a wrapper, which in turn will call the activeX controls installed
in the browser, however, if flash player is not installed as
activeX, then the EXE generated from Captivate will install this on
the users machine (it will install the version which is selected
while creating that EXE).
Now here comes a problem, what happens if a user has a
previous version installed - In this case the EXE is not capable
enough to upgarde the flash player.
So there are two solutions you can opt for:
1. somehow communicate that a certain version of flash player
is a must to have. OR
2. modify the _skin file (or the playback controls), from the
template, use actionscript to find out which version is installed,
and perform operations based on that. (this was the approach which
I took)
Hope this Helps!

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