# Flash warning!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-warning/13718>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 17, 2003, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-warning/13718 "2003-02-17T08:20:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![maggots213](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@maggots213](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/maggots213)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-warning/13718/1 "2003-02-17T08:20:35Z")

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hi, is there a javascript that i could put on my webpage that will detect and warn the user if he does not have flash plugin installed, hence prompting them to go to the macromedia site to download it ?

thanks

mal

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 8:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-warning/13718/2 "2003-02-17T08:30:12Z")

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Maybe this thread will help. =)

[http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12230&highlight=flash+detection](http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12230&highlight=flash+detection)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-warning/13718/3 "2003-02-17T09:39:17Z")

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Electrongeek -

my sites do not have any detection on them. I figured this would not be a problem. Will it? I figured that the HTML that flash provides will fix old flash plugins with a download window. Is this not true?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-warning/13718/4 "2003-02-17T09:44:50Z")

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The code provided by Flash will not fix the problem, viewer’s with an older plugin won’t be able to view your site if it was made with MX hence why people use the flash detection script.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-warning/13718/5 "2003-02-17T09:48:37Z")

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ohhh. Guess I have some work to do . :-\

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-warning/13718/6 "2003-02-17T17:16:40Z")

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Um… Every person that I have sent to view my files that wouldnt load for them intially did get an update request for Flash when they went to a web page showing a flash file on a Flash MX’s Publish’d html page (all that OBJECT code and what not)

For what its worth.