Flex 2 page and Flash Player 9 upgrade

[surfer13]

Hi!

Flex 2 applications needs Flash Player 9 to display page. I had Flash Player 8 installed, and I visited a couple of pages made in Flex 2. I read, that a good thing about Flex 2 application is less effort for user, to install Flash Player 9. All i got in my Firefox browser was a page with some fancy background with no content on it, no errors, no messages, nothing. Just blank page sitting and waiting there. I would expect some pop up or something to notify me, that i need to upgrade to flash player 9. Is a "bug" like this common if you have Flash player 8 installed?

regards, Miha.

[flexy]

Not likely, the author of the content you visited probably didn't compile with the ExpressInstall option. Copying SWFs from the bin directory, then embedding them in a HTML page would have this effect.

It's all about testing and attention to detail. Something that costs time (and money). :rolleyes:

[surfer13]

Great! Can you direct me to a page that was compiled with this option, so i can test this? I would really like to see this thing work before i go for it...

regards, Miha.

[senocular]

The express install for 9 has been put on hold until a security release has been made available.

[Tink]

for now id take a look at SWFObject http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/

[flexy]

The express install for 9 has been put on hold until a security release has been made available.

Right you are [holds hands up], SWFObject it is.

Wasn't someone on the Web Stanadards site having a rant about the use of SWFObject the other week, citing it wasn't 'standard'?

[Tink]

yup here
http://www.webstandards.org/2006/08/15/valid-flash-video-and-audio-embed-object-markup/

responses here
http://blog.deconcept.com/2006/08/16/embedding-flash-content-using-web-standards-yes-again/
http://aralbalkan.com/694

[blockage]

I guess that argument is equally true of UFO too