Should I detect Flash 6

[paulvgibbs]

If I am using action scripts which are only available in Flash 6, is it worth detecting the Flash Player version at the begining of the program.

If someone attempts to use my movie but has Flash 5 Player and not 6, will the program just stop, or will there be some indication to the user that they have the wrong player.

 

[oldnewbie]

If you're using the html outputed from the Flash Publish feature, there shouldn't be any problems if they don't have the player 6 version, they'll re-directed automatically to MM download center.

But if you want to make sure they have the latest version of the 6 player (with a lot of new fixes) then you should have a look at this:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/player/flash_deployment_readme/

Regards,