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Revision: 27191
at December 16, 2010 21:13 by adrianparr
Updated Code 
import flash.system.Capabilities;

var flashPlayerMajorVersion:int;

trace("Getting Flash Player version ...");
var versionString:String = Capabilities.version;
var pattern:RegExp = /^(\w*) (\d*),(\d*),(\d*),(\d*)$/;
var result:Object = pattern.exec(versionString);
if (result != null) {
	trace("input: " + result.input);
	trace("platform: " + result[1]);
	flashPlayerMajorVersion = int(result[2]);
	trace("flashPlayerMajorVersion: " + flashPlayerMajorVersion);
	trace("minorVersion: " + result[3]);    
	trace("buildNumber: " + result[4]);
	trace("internalBuildNumber: " + result[5]);
} else {
	trace("Unable to match RegExp.");
}

// Example output ...
//
// Getting Flash Player version ...
// input: WIN 10,1,52,14
// platform: WIN
// flashPlayerMajorVersion: 10
// minorVersion: 1
// buildNumber: 52
// internalBuildNumber: 14

Revision: 27190
at May 27, 2010 07:53 by adrianparr
Initial Code 
import flash.system.Capabilities;

var flashPlayerMajorVersion:int;

trace("Getting Flash Player version ...");
var versionString:String = Capabilities.version;
var pattern:RegExp = /^(\w*) (\d*),(\d*),(\d*),(\d*)$/;
var result:Object = pattern.exec(versionString);
if (result != null) {
	trace("input: " + result.input);
	trace("platform: " + result[1]);
	flashPlayerMajorVersion = int(result[2]);
	trace("flashPlayerMajorVersion: " + flashPlayerMajorVersion);
	trace("minorVersion: " + result[3]);    
	trace("buildNumber: " + result[4]);
	trace("internalBuildNumber: " + result[5]);
} else {
	trace("Unable to match RegExp.");
}
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                                        Initial Description
                                        

                                    

                                    
This code separates out the Flash Player Platform, Major Version number and Minor Version numbers.

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

                                        Initial Title
                                        

                                    

                                    
AS3 Get Flash Player Version Number (inc. Major and Minor Numbers)

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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regex, flash, regexp

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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ActionScript 3