Publish setting for plug-in check?

[Filipinho]

Hi!

I'm creating a plug-in check that is soposed to be on a CD.

I'm writing the function like this to check if the plugin is flash5 or later else install :

myDate=new Date()
if (myDate!=""){
}else{
getURL("d:/flashplayer_install.exe")
}

Now to the question. Does it mather if i export it as a flash4 or flash5 project?

If the user has flash4 and I export the project as flash5, can the user watch the project at all?

[jimburton]

it depends on the actionscript you use in the movie - if you use only flash4 methods then publish as 4 and all users with 4 or greater will be fine - it's quite likely that you use actionscript that the v4 player won't understand though - if you publish as 4 you should get warnings in the output box about non compliance.

[Filipinho]

Well, what happens if I open the file containing the script I wrote in flash4 player?

[jimburton]

if it has got movieclip methods or other code that didn't exist in version 4 then it won't make any sense of it and will appear to be bust...examples are ANY movieclip event handlers - they were new in v5...