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Asked: 2026-05-13T11:22:42+00:00

Excuse me if this is an obvious question, How can you use SWFobject to

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Excuse me if this is an obvious question,

How can you use SWFobject to automatically redirect to another URL –
NOT add an a href but physically load another URL ?

I’m using SWFobject 2 at the moment .

— the SWFobject code …

swfobject.embedSWF("MYSITE.swf", "myAlternativeContent", "850", "700", "9.0.0", false, flashvars, params, attributes);

— 2 tricks I’ve tried in the myAlternativeContent DIV …

1 …

    <div id="myAlternativeContent">
          <meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" content="0; url=http://www.NOFLASHSITE.com">
    </div>

2 …

    <div id="myAlternativeContent">
          <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
            window.location="http://www.NOFLASHSITE.com";
          </script>
    </div>

— both of these load the alternative (http://www.NOFLASHSITE.com) regardless ..

any help is apreciated – MW

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  1. Editorial Team

    According to the SWFObject API, you could do something like this:

    <script type="text/javascript">
swfobject.addLoadEvent(function() {
    if (!swfobject.hasFlashPlayerVersion("9.0.18")) {
        window.location = "http://www.NOFLASHSITE.com";
    }
});
</script>

    Make sure that script block is in the <head> of your html file, and replace the “9.0.18” with whatever minimum version of flash you require.

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