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Screening traffic to your Web site

When publishing Flash content on the Web, you can configure a Web server to make it easier to play Flash movies, using a script-based detector to determine whether a user has the Flash Player plug-in or ActiveX control installed. Called the Macromedia Flash Dispatcher, this detector is included in the Macromedia Flash (SWF) Deployment Kit.

The Dispatcher is a combination of JavaScript, VBScript, and Flash movie that screens incoming traffic to your Web site. The Dispatcher detects whether the user's Web browser has the Flash Player installed, and if so, what version. You can configure the Dispatcher to load a document with Flash content, load alternate content, or oversee the updating or installation of the player.