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Detect if Flash is blocked (On-Demand) in Chrome
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| flashAvail({ waitFor: 10000 }) | |
| .done( function(result){ | |
| if(result.flashBlocked === false){ | |
| // do whatever you need flash for | |
| } else { | |
| // flash is installed but blocked. present messaging | |
| alert('Oops!', | |
| 'It appears that Flash is being blocked. \ | |
| Flash is required for Grill Circle and Facebook. \ | |
| Please enable it and refresh the page.'); | |
| } | |
| }) | |
| .fail( function(result){ | |
| // flash is not installed | |
| alert('Oops!', | |
| 'Flash does not appear to be installed. \ | |
| Flash is required for Grill Circle and Facebook. \ | |
| Please install it and refresh the page.'); | |
| }); |
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| (function(){ | |
| /* | |
| * Requires jQuery >= 1.5 and swfobject | |
| * | |
| * Options: | |
| * swfUrl: the url of the swf to load. default: 'assets/flash/BlockTest.swf' | |
| * waitFor: how long to poll the swf before giving up. default: 2000 | |
| * lookFor: the name of the method that the swf exposes. this method | |
| * can return whatever it likes. default: 'returnsTrue' | |
| * | |
| * Returns a Deferred, resolved if Flash is installed, rejected if not. | |
| * If resolved, returns { | |
| * flashBlocked: bool // true is flash is installed but blocked | |
| * swfobj: object // the original argument swfobject returned on success | |
| * } | |
| */ | |
| var flashAvail = function (options){ | |
| var settings = $.extend({ | |
| swfUrl: 'assets/flash/BlockTest.swf' | |
| ,waitFor: 2000 | |
| ,lookFor: 'returnsTrue' | |
| }, options) | |
| ,repId = 'swfextBlockTest' + (0|Math.random()*10000) | |
| ,repEl = document.createElement('div') | |
| ,dfdResult = new $.Deferred(); | |
| // make a quick div to fill | |
| repEl.style.display = 'none'; | |
| repEl.id = repId; | |
| document.body.appendChild(repEl); | |
| swfobject.embedSWF( | |
| settings.swfUrl | |
| ,repId | |
| ,1, 1 | |
| ,'9.0.0' | |
| ,false | |
| ,false | |
| ,false | |
| ,{ | |
| name: repId | |
| ,allowScriptAccess: "always" | |
| } | |
| ,swfEmbedCallback); | |
| function swfEmbedCallback(e){ | |
| // e = { success: bool, id: string, ref: html object element } | |
| var fo | |
| ,start = +new Date() | |
| ,interval; | |
| if(e.success === true){ | |
| // flash is installed/enabled, try calling generic method to test flash block | |
| // poll for the flash to be ready, but only until the waitFor limit | |
| interval = setInterval(function onPoll(){ | |
| if(e.ref && e.ref[settings.lookFor]){ | |
| // flash is installed, enabled, and accessible: not blocked | |
| clearInterval(interval); | |
| dfdResult.resolve({ flashBlocked: false, swfobj: e }); | |
| document.body.removeChild(e.ref); | |
| } else if(+new Date() - start > settings.waitFor){ | |
| // flash has not responded in the allotted time, assume | |
| // it's blocked, but installed | |
| clearInterval(interval); | |
| dfdResult.resolve({ flashBlocked: true, swfobj: e }); | |
| document.body.removeChild(e.ref); | |
| } | |
| }, 100); | |
| } else { | |
| // swfobj was not successful, flash is probably not installed | |
| // this could also be triggered from a bad path? | |
| dfdResult.reject(e); | |
| } | |
| }; | |
| return dfdResult; | |
| } | |
| return flashAvail; | |
| }); |
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The 'settings.lookFor' represent the name of the function inside the swf (look at ExternalInterface).
The swf should be embaded with bigger size otherwise chrome will block it.