A Boolean value that specifies whether access to the user's camera and microphone has been administratively prohibited (true) or allowed (false). The server string is AVD.

See also

trace(System.capabilities.avHardwareDisable);

A Boolean value that is true if the player is running in an environment that supports communication between Flash Player and accessibility aids; false otherwise. The server string is ACC.

See also

trace(System.capabilities.hasAccessibility);

Specifies if the player is running on a system that has audio capabilities. In Flash Player, this property is always true. The server string is A.

trace(System.capabilities.hasAudio);

Specifies if the Flash Player can encode an audio stream. A Boolean value that is true if the player can encode an audio stream, such as that coming from a microphone; false otherwise. The server string is AE.

trace(System.capabilities.hasAudioEncoder);

A Boolean value that is true if the player is running on a system that supports embedded video; false otherwise. The server string is EV.

trace(System.capabilities.hasEmbeddedVideo);

Indicates whether the system has an input method editor (IME) installed. A value of true indicates that the player is running on a system that has an IME installed; a value of false indicates that no IME is installed. The server string is IME.

if(System.capabilities.hasIME) {
    trace(System.IME.getConversionMode());
    System.IME.setConversionMode(System.IME.ALPHANUMERIC_FULL);
    trace(System.IME.getConversionMode());
}

Specifies if the system has a MP3 decoder. A Boolean value that is true if the player is running on a system that has an MP3 decoder; false otherwise. The server string is MP3.

trace(System.capabilities.hasMP3);

A Boolean value that is true if the player is running on a system that supports printing; false otherwise. The server string is PR.

trace(System.capabilities.hasPrinting);

A Boolean value that is true if the player supports the development of screen broadcast applications to be run through the Flash Media Server; false otherwise. The server string is SB.

trace(System.capabilities.hasScreenBroadcast);

A Boolean value that is true if the player supports the playback of screen broadcast applications that are being run through the Flash Media Server; false otherwise. The server string is SP.

trace(System.capabilities.hasScreenPlayback);

A Boolean value that is true if the player can play streaming audio; false otherwise. The server string is SA.

trace(System.capabilities.hasStreamingAudio);

A Boolean value that is true if the player can play streaming video; false otherwise. The server string is SV.

trace(System.capabilities.hasStreamingVideo);

Specifies if the Flash Player can encode a video stream. A Boolean value that is true if the player can encode a video stream, such as that coming from a web camera; false otherwise. The server string is VE.

trace(System.capabilities.hasVideoEncoder);

A Boolean value that indicates whether the player is an officially released version (false) or a special debugging version (true). The server string is DEB.

trace(System.capabilities.isDebugger);

Indicates the language of the system on which the player is running. This property is specified as a lowercase two-letter language code from ISO 639-1. For Chinese, an additional uppercase two-letter country code subtag from ISO 3166 distinguishes between Simplified and Traditional Chinese. The languages themselves are named with the English tags. For example, fr specifies French.

This property changed in two ways for Flash Player 7. First, the language code for English systems no longer includes the country code. In Flash Player 6, all English systems return the language code and the two-letter country code subtag (en-US). In Flash Player 7, English systems return only the language code (en). Second, on Microsoft Windows systems this property now returns the User Interface (UI) Language. In Flash Player 6 on the Microsoft Windows platform, System.capabilities.language returns the User Locale, which controls settings for formatting dates, times, currency and large numbers. In Flash Player 7 on the Microsoft Windows platform, this property now returns the UI Language, which refers to the language used for all menus, dialog boxes, error messages and help files. The following table lists the possible values:

trace(System.capabilities.language);

A Boolean value that indicates whether read access to the user's hard disk has been administratively prohibited (true) or allowed (false). If set to true, Flash Player will be unable to read files (including the first SWF file that Flash Player launches with) from the user's hard disk. For example, attempts to read a file on the user's hard disk using XML.load(), LoadMovie(), or LoadVars.load() will fail if this property is set to true.

Reading runtime shared libraries will also be blocked if this property is set to true, but reading local shared objects is allowed without regard to the value of this property. The server string is LFD.

trace(System.capabilities.localFileReadDisable);

A string that indicates the manufacturer of Flash Player, in the format "Adobe OSName" (OSName could be "Windows", "Macintosh", "Linux", or "Other OS Name"). The server string is M.

trace(System.capabilities.manufacturer);

A string that indicates the current operating system. The os property can return the following strings: "Windows XP", "Windows 2000", "Windows NT", "Windows 98/ME", "Windows 95", "Windows CE" (available only in Flash Player SDK, not in the desktop version), "Linux", and "MacOS". The server string is OS.

trace(System.capabilities.os);

An integer that indicates the pixel aspect ratio of the screen. The server string is AR.

trace(System.capabilities.pixelAspectRatio);

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 the external player, or 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.

trace(System.capabilities.playerType);

A string that indicates the screen color. This property can have the value "color", "gray" or "bw", which represents color, grayscale, and black and white, respectively. The server string is COL.

trace(System.capabilities.screenColor);

A number that indicates the dots-per-inch (dpi) resolution of the screen, in pixels. The server string is DP.

trace(System.capabilities.screenDPI);

An integer that indicates the maximum horizontal resolution of the screen. The server string is R (which returns both the width and height of the screen).

trace(System.capabilities.screenResolutionX);

An integer that indicates the maximum vertical resolution of the screen. The server string is R (which returns both the width and height of the screen).

trace(System.capabilities.screenResolutionY);

A URL-encoded string that specifies values for each System.capabilities property.

The following example shows a URL-encoded string:

A=t&SA=t&SV=t&EV=t&MP3=t&AE=t&VE=t&ACC=f&PR=t&SP=t&

  SB=f&DEB=t&V=WIN%208%2C0%2C0%2C0&M=Macromedia%20Windows&

  R=1600x1200&DP=72&COL=color&AR=1.0&OS=Windows%20XP&

  L=en&PT=External&AVD=f&LFD=f&WD=f

trace(System.capabilities.serverString);

A string that contains the Flash Player platform and version information. The server string is V. The format of the version number is: "platform majorVersion, minorVersion, buildNumber, internalBuildNumber". Possible values for platform are "WIN", "MAC", and "UNIX". For example:

  WIN 8,0,22,0  // Flash Player 8 for Windows
  MAC 7,0,25,0  // Flash Player 7 for Macintosh
  UNIX 5,0,55,0 // Flash Player 5 for UNIX
  

trace(System.capabilities.version);