Flash Detection Question

I am trying to include some script for flash detection on my
site to ensure that my viewers have the right flash player. Does
the Flash Detection Kit also include detection for ActiveX? The
reason I ask is because I have a page that some of my viewer have
trouble seeing and one discovered that she could see the page after
her flash player AND ActiveX were updated. I am not sure whether my
viewers problem is an old flash player or old ActiveX, but I need
to make sure both are up to date first.
If the Flash Detection Kit does not detect ActiveX does
anyone know where I can find code to do that?
Thanks,
Sharon

I use swfObject for Flash detection. It's easier to control
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alternate content:
http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/

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123akru wrote:
> Hello Paul,
>
> i tried to get some help from there. That doesn't work
unfortunately.
> Nobody answered my questions :-( I don't think that it
is a HTML problem
> because everything works fine locally. Mitght be a
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> informations about the flash plugin are transferred via
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> Do you have any experiences with it ?
>
> Thanks for your help.
> Greetings!
HI! below is part of the swfobject code that is located in
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In that case it would be
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Usually people do reply as I am now, you must of hit slow
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to get
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var so = new SWFObject("my_flash_movie.swf", "fotester",
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"8.0.22", "#FFFFFF");
so.addVariable("flashVarText", "this is passed in via
FlashVars");
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"Errors_warnings/flash_not_detected.asp");
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so.write("flashcontent");
// ]]>
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I dont know why people like you help people like us.
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