User Guide

836 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference
System.capabilities.playerType
Availability
Flash Player 7.
Usage
System.capabilities.playerType;String
Description
Read-only property; a string that indicates the type of player. This property can have one of the
following values:
• "StandAlone" for the Flash StandAlone Player
• "External" for the Flash Player version used by test movie mode,
• "PlugIn" for the Flash Player browser plug-in
• "ActiveX" for the Flash Player ActiveX Control used by Microsoft Internet Explorer
The server string is
PT.
Example
The following example traces the value of this read-only property:
trace(System.capabilities.playerType);