WWFlashDetector.exe Flash Player Version Detector

Name

WWFlashDetector.exe

Version

1, 0, 0, 1

Synopsis

Use WWFlashDetector.exe to view the version of the Macromedia Flash (Shockwave) player installed on your computer.

Description

Since it is difficult or impossible to use your Web browser to determine the version of the Macromedia Flash (or Shockwave) player installed on a Windows computer, I created WWFlashDetector.exe to do the job.

Because WWFlashDetector.exe is self contained, it requires no installation. Simply copy the program file into any convenient location, such as your Windows desktop, and launch it.

When you download and run this, or any other program, you may see one or both of the following warning messages.

• Figure 1 displays a warning about program files downloaded from the Internet.
  
  
  Figure 1 - File download security warning message.
• Figure 2 displays a warning about running programs downloaded from the Internet.
  
  
  Figure 2 - Unvetted program security warning message.

The second of these warnings will go away when I reinstate my code signing certificate and use it to digitally sign the program.

Note: Neither of these warnings happens unless you run the program from inside your Web browser.

In a second or two, the program displays one of two messages on your screen.

• If a Flash player is installed, a message like the one shown in Figure 3 below appears.
  
  
  Figure 3 - Flash Player Version information message.
• If you have no Flash player, a message like the one shown in Figure 4 below appears.
  
  
  Figure 4 - Flash Player is not installed message.

Contents of This Package

The dowlnoad package consists solely of the program itself, ready to use.

For Advanced Users Only! You may run WWFlashDetector.exe from anywhere, though placing it in a directory that is on your MS-DOS PATH allows it to be run from anywhere on your computer, from the Run box or a command prompt.

Development History

The table below gives a brief development history of this program.

Date	Who	Version	Remarks
11/09/2005	DAG	1.00	Created and distributed original version, written in WinBatch, as a SFX package.
11/09/2005	DAG	1, 0, 0, 1	Complete rewrite, in C++, as a stand alone EXE.

Support

This program is freeware. However, in the unlikely event that you need support, you may make your request by email, using this form. Your inquiry will be handled on a best efforts basis, and any information you send us about your specific situation will be treated as confidential. We do, however, reserve the right to incorporate any ideas we get from our correspondence with you into future versions of WWFlashDetector.exe or other software either for internal use or for sale. Should we do so, we promise to give full credit to its source in the accompanying documentation.

Author

David A. Gray, MBA, of Simple Soft Services, Inc., d/b/a WizardWrx

Copyright

© 2005, Simple Soft Services, Inc., d/b/a WizardWrx. All rights reserved world wide.

Download your free copy here.

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Copyright and Legal Notice

Last Updated 19 August 2006

© 2006, WizardWrx. All rights reserved world wide.