Testing a Flash application
Recent web surveys have shown that 97% of web users have a version of the
Macromedia Flash player on their computers. This provides Web developers
with additional ways to communicate with users, but do the users have the
right version of Flash to view your site?
There are many scripts available to test for various versions of the Flash
Player, but testing these scripts can be a pain if you already have the Flash
Player installed. A complete testing plan should include testing on a machine
without Flash and on a machine with a lower version of Flash than your site
requires.
To uninstall the Flash Plug-in:
- Close the browser.
- Locate the browser application folder on your hard drive.
- Locate the Plug-ins folder inside the browser folder.
- Locate the Flash plug-in:
- On Windows, the Flash plugin is named NPSWF32.dll
- On Macintosh, it is called Shockwave-Flash-NP-PPC or Shockwave-Flash-NP-68
- On Linux and Solaris the Flash Player consists of two files:
Libflashplayer.so and ShockwaveFlash.class
- Move the plug-in file(s) to a folder in another location such as a folder
called "Plug-In Test" on the desktop.
- When you are finished testing, copy the plug-in file(s) back into the
browser's Plug-ins folder.
To uninstall the Flash ActiveXControl:
- Close Internet Explorer, if it is open.
- From the Start menu, choose Find > Files or Folders... and enter swflash.ocx.
- Note the path for the file (typically C:\Windows\System\Macromed\Flash
on Windows 95 or Windows 98 and C:\WinNT\System32\Macromed\Flash on Windows
NT or 2000). If more than one copy is found, note the path to the file located
inside the Windows folder, like those above.
- From the Start menu, Select Run...
- In the Open field, type in the following command:
regsvr32 {path}\swflash.ocx /u
where {path} is the path noted from step 3.
- Select OK. You should get a RegSvr32 dialog box stating that the executable
succeeded. If it failed, double check the path to your Windows system folder.
- From the Start menu select Find > Files or Folders.. and enter swflash.ocx
again.
- Select the file named swflash.ocx. Right mouse click on this file and
select Delete. If more than one copy of the file exist, delete every copy
of swflash.ocx found.
- In the "Find" field, enter swflash.inf.
- Right mouse click on this file. Select Delete.
- Restart the machine.
Submitted by the MediaPro Development Team
