Checking the Player Type: Use the flash.system.Capabilities.playerType property. : system.Capabilities « Development « Flash / Flex / ActionScript






  1. Flash / Flex / ActionScript
  2. Development
  3. system.Capabilities

Checking the Player Type: Use the flash.system.Capabilities.playerType property.

 
Possible values are PlugIn, ActiveX, StandAlone, and External.

package{
  import flash.display.Sprite;
  import flash.system.Capabilities;
  public class Main extends Sprite{
    public function Main(){

        if(flash.system.Capabilities.playerType == "Plugin") {
          trace("do actions for Mozilla, etc. browsers");
        }
        else if(flash.system.Capabilities.playerType == "ActiveX") {
          trace("do actions for IE");
        }
        else {
          trace("do actions for no browser");
        }

    }
  }
}








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