var flash2Installed = false; // boolean. true if flash 2 is installed
var flash3Installed = false; // boolean. true if flash 3 is installed
var flash4Installed = false; // boolean. true if flash 4 is installed
var flash5Installed = false; // boolean. true if flash 5 is installed
var flash6Installed = false; // boolean. true if flash 6 is installed
var flash7Installed = false; // boolean. true if flash 7 is installed
var flash8Installed = false; // boolean. true if flash 8 is installed

var maxVersion = 8;				// highest version we can actually detect
var actualVersion = 0;			// version the user really has
var hasRightVersion = false;	// boolean. true if it's safe to embed the flash movie in the page
var jsVersion = 1.0;			// the version of javascript supported

var isIE = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1) ? true : false;		// true if we're on ie
var isWin = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Windows") != -1) ? true : false; // true if we're on windows

jsVersion = 1.1;

if (isIE && isWin)
{
	document.write('<SCR'+'IPT LANGUAGE=VBScript\> \n');
	document.write('on error resume next \n');
	document.write('flash2Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.2"))) \n');
	document.write('flash3Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.3"))) \n');
	document.write('flash4Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.4"))) \n');
	document.write('flash5Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.5"))) \n');
	document.write('flash6Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.6"))) \n');
	document.write('flash7Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.7"))) \n');
	document.write('flash8Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.8"))) \n');
	document.write('</SCR'+'IPT\> \n');
	// break up end tag so it doesn't end our script
}

function detectFlash()
{
	if (navigator.plugins)
	{
		if (navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] || navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"])
		{
			var isVersion2 = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] ? " 2.0" : "";
			var flashDescription = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"+isVersion2].description;
			var flashVersion = parseInt(flashDescription.charAt(flashDescription.indexOf(".")-1));

			flash2Installed = flashVersion == 2;
			flash3Installed = flashVersion == 3;
			flash4Installed = flashVersion == 4;
			flash5Installed = flashVersion == 5;
			flash6Installed = flashVersion == 6;
			flash7Installed = flashVersion == 7;
			flash8Installed = flashVersion >= 8;
		}
	}
	for (var i = 2; i<=maxVersion; i++)
	{
		if (eval("flash"+i+"Installed") == true)
		{
			actualVersion = i;
		}
	}
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("WebTV") != -1)
	{
		actualVersion = 3;
	}
	if (actualVersion >= requiredVersion)
	{
		hasRightVersion = true;
	}
}