The following application will show how you can grab all the capabilities of the user’s Flash Player and display them in an easy-to-read DataGrid control.

Full code after the jump.

View MXML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="vertical" verticalAlign="middle" backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import flash.system.Capabilities;

            /* Label function for the nameCol DataGridColumn object. */
            private function nameColFunc(item:Object, column:DataGridColumn):String {
                var ss:String = item.@serverString;
                if (ss.length > 0) {
                    ss = " (" + ss + ")";
                }
                return item.@name + ss;
            }

            /* Label function for the valueCol DataGridColumn object. */
            private function valueColFunc(item:Object, column:DataGridColumn):String {
                return Capabilities[item.@name];
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:XML id="capabilitiesXML" source="capabilities.xml" />

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Label text="Player version: {Capabilities.version} (debug={Capabilities.isDebugger})" />
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

    <mx:DataGrid id="dataGrid" width="100%" height="100%" variableRowHeight="true">
        <mx:dataProvider>{capabilitiesXML.property}</mx:dataProvider>
        <mx:columns>
            <mx:DataGridColumn id="nameCol" labelFunction="nameColFunc" headerText="Property name (server string):" />
            <mx:DataGridColumn id="valueCol" labelFunction="valueColFunc" headerText="Value:" wordWrap="true" />
            <!--mx:DataGridColumn id="valueCol" dataField="@value" headerText="Value:" wordWrap="true" /-->
        </mx:columns>
    </mx:DataGrid>

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar>
        <mx:Text width="500">
            <mx:htmlText>&lt;b&gt;Capabilities.serverString:&lt;/b&gt;&llt;br /&gt;{Capabilities.serverString}</mx:htmlText>
        </mx:Text>
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

</mx:Application>

View capabilities.xml

<capabilities>
    <property name="avHardwareDisable" serverString="AVD" value="{Capabilities.avHardwareDisable}" />
    <property name="hasAccessibility" serverString="ACC" value="{Capabilities.hasAccessibility}" />
    <property name="hasAudio" serverString="A" value="{Capabilities.hasAudio}" />
    <property name="hasAudioEncoder" serverString="AE" value="{Capabilities.hasAudioEncoder}" />
    <property name="hasEmbeddedVideo" serverString="EV" value="{Capabilities.hasEmbeddedVideo}" />
    <property name="hasIME" serverString="IME" value="{Capabilities.hasIME}" />
    <property name="hasMP3" serverString="MP3" value="{Capabilities.hasMP3}" />
    <property name="hasPrinting" serverString="PR" value="{Capabilities.hasPrinting}" />
    <property name="hasScreenBroadcast" serverString="SB" value="{Capabilities.hasScreenBroadcast}" />
    <property name="hasScreenPlayback" serverString="SP" value="{Capabilities.hasScreenPlayback}" />
    <property name="hasStreamingAudio" serverString="SA" value="{Capabilities.hasStreamingAudio}" />
    <property name="hasStreamingVideo" serverString="SV" value="{Capabilities.hasStreamingVideo}" />
    <property name="hasTLS" serverString="TLS" value="{Capabilities.hasTLS}" />
    <property name="hasVideoEncoder" serverString="VE" value="{Capabilities.hasVideoEncoder}" />
    <property name="isDebugger" serverString="DEB" value="{Capabilities.isDebugger}" />
    <property name="language" serverString="L" value="{Capabilities.language}" />
    <property name="localFileReadDisable" serverString="LFD" value="{Capabilities.localFileReadDisable}" />
    <property name="manufacturer" serverString="M" value="{Capabilities.manufacturer}" />
    <property name="os" serverString="OS" value="{Capabilities.os}" />
    <property name="pixelAspectRatio" serverString="AR" value="{Capabilities.pixelAspectRatio}" />
    <property name="playerType" serverString="PT" value="{Capabilities.playerType}" />
    <property name="screenColor" serverString="COL" value="{Capabilities.screenColor}" />
    <property name="screenDPI" serverString="DP" value="{Capabilities.screenDPI}" />
    <property name="screenResolutionX" serverString="R" value="{Capabilities.screenResolutionX}" />
    <property name="screenResolutionY" serverString="R" value="{Capabilities.screenResolutionY}" />
    <property name="serverString" serverString="" value="{Capabilities.serverString}" />
    <property name="version" serverString="V" value="{Capabilities.version}" />
</capabilities>

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