Alternative JPEG to Flash

The distance education coordinator asked me to create an instructional web page for students who try to access databases off campus. Since the content is so limited, I decided just to create a flash file instead of a captivate file.

However, considering some people might still not have Flash player installed, I use a method called “alternative jpeg to flash”. You can also use an animated GIF or a QT movie instead. Within Flash (6 or later), when publish the output, click on the Publish Setting under File, check one of the files: JPEG, GIF, or QT; check html, and check swf. Then within the created html file, the codes are embed that will detect whether the browser has flash player or not. Finally within the html file, replace the image or QT file name in the quotation marks within the code document.write( ).

I think it will work, but I couldn’t find a computer in the library that does not have a flash player. Will need to find one for testing later.