FlashPlayerControl

FlashPlayerControl is a control for Windows that extends the capabilities of the Flash Player ActiveX. The component doesn't use its own engine to work with Flash, but provides a wrapper around the official flash.ocx/swflash.ocx code, which allowed it to extend the capabilities of the standard Flash ActiveX.

What can you do with FlashPlayerControl?

• Load flash movies directly from any source (resources, memory). No use of temporary files!
• Create applications capable of working even when Flash ActiveX is not installed. Forget about problems with Flash ActiveX registration. Forget about not having enough user rights to register Flash ActiveX, forget about temporary files!
• Create code compatible with all Flash versions (3, 4, 5, 6, 7). Using FlashPlayerControl you can load clips directly from resources or memory, and from any other source! No temporary files! By default, the component uses flash.ocx/swflash.ocx already installed in the system. But you can tell the component to use flash.ocx/swflash.ocx code from any other source. For example, you can put the flash.ocx/swflash.ocx code in the application's resources and simply tell FlashPlayerControl on startup to use that exact code in its work. The code will be loaded into memory and used for Flash movies.

No Flash ActiveX registration! No temporary files! Now there are no restrictions for using Flash ActiveX in applications! One of the problems when working with Flash ActiveX is the problem of versions. For example, the "Stacking" property exists in version 5 of Flash, but is missing in later versions (versions 6 and 7). FlashPlayerControl automatically recognizes which version of Flash is being worked with, and allows you to create code that is compatible with all versions of Flash. Different versions of Flash - same code!