Page redirect - if flash player is not installed

[kade119]

i'm currently using swf object to embed my .swf ... so an image is there if flash player is not installed but i need that page to still initiate a timed redirect to another page only if flash isnt installed..

could someone help me w/ this?

JS i'm using now

<script type="text/javascript">
var flashvars = {};
var params = {}; 

var attributes = {};

swfobject.embedSWF("logo.swf", "logo-1", "750", "120", "9.0.0","expressinstall.swf", flashvars, params, attributes);
</script>

[actionscriptguy]

<script type="text/javascript">
var flashvars = {};
var params = {}; 
var attributes = {};
swfobject.embedSWF("logo.swf", "logo-1", "750", "120", "9.0.0","expressinstall.swf", flashvars, params, attributes);
</script>

hmm.. two things:
you'll need to set up your flash to call a JavaScript function in your page
(with ActionScript 3 that's as simple as:

 import flash.external.*; ExternalInterface.call("clearnoflash");

)

the function the swf will call will clear a no-flash timeout that has been set.

//this function should get called by your flash as soon as its loaded
function clearnoflash() {
 clearTimeout(noflash);
}
 //noflash will have to be a globaly defined timeout

i think logo-1 is the id of the div where the flash will go?
so some simple javascript if logo-1 starts out empty
you'll do this right after the swfobject placement:

//this code would go right after the SWFObject placement code
function checkflash() {
if (document.getElementById('logo-1').hasChildNodes())
{//goto alternate page because flash object is there yet timeout was not cleared}
}
//here's the noflash global var
var noflash=setTimeout("checkflash()", "15000");

and that's a simple way to do it, if you want more control you will have to do away with SWFObject

hope this helps