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

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

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  1. import flash.system.Capabilities;
  2.  
  3. var flashPlayerMajorVersion:int;
  4.  
  5. trace("Getting Flash Player version ...");
  6. var versionString:String = Capabilities.version;
  7. var pattern:RegExp = /^(\w*) (\d*),(\d*),(\d*),(\d*)$/;
  8. var result:Object = pattern.exec(versionString);
  9. if (result != null) {
  10. 	trace("input: " + result.input);
  11. 	trace("platform: " + result[1]);
  12. 	flashPlayerMajorVersion = int(result[2]);
  13. 	trace("flashPlayerMajorVersion: " + flashPlayerMajorVersion);
  14. 	trace("minorVersion: " + result[3]);    
  15. 	trace("buildNumber: " + result[4]);
  16. 	trace("internalBuildNumber: " + result[5]);
  17. } else {
  18. 	trace("Unable to match RegExp.");
  19. }
  20.  
  21. // Example output ...
  22. //
  23. // Getting Flash Player version ...
  24. // input: WIN 10,1,52,14
  25. // platform: WIN
  26. // flashPlayerMajorVersion: 10
  27. // minorVersion: 1
  28. // buildNumber: 52
  29. // internalBuildNumber: 14

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