Question about the Canon 177A Flash

[WinterNight]

I am looking for a flash for my Canon AE-1 Program and found the Canon 177A flash and have a few questions about the flash that i hope some one here can answer. My questions are: can this flash be automatic on my AE-1 Program so that it selects the aperture and speed while I only select the film speed, and if the flash can be used on automatic, are there any settings that i need to put on my camera? like for instance setting the aperture on "A" (i'm using an FD lens) and if I have to set the speed on "Program" for automatic.

 

[compur]

Here's the manual:
http://www.cameramanuals.org/flashes_meters/speedlite_177a.pdf

 

[WinterNight]

i have already looked at the manual and there is no mention of the AE-1 Program in it, just the AE-1.

 

[compur]

The flash won't have any more capabilities on the AE-1P than on the AE-1.

 

[WinterNight]

ohhhhhhhh, ok. Thanks! i'm a noob and still trying to figure everything out, so i didn't know