# Flash detector

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-detector/194254>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [July 21, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-detector/194254 "2006-07-21T17:54:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![thewebmaster](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/thewebmaster/32/2592_2.png) [@thewebmaster](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thewebmaster)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-detector/194254/1 "2006-07-21T17:54:00Z")

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Hi there

I saw the tutorial on [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/detection.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/detection.htm) and I was wondering how to make it so that if the person has flash it displays it, if they don’t it shows an error message that has a link to macromedia website which will load in a new page while the main page keeps refreshing?