var requiredVersion = 6;			// max is 7, min is 2			
// system globals
var flash2Installed = false;
var flash3Installed = false;
var flash4Installed = false;
var flash5Installed = false;
var flash6Installed = false;
var flash7Installed = false;
var maxVersion = 7;                                   // highest version we can actually detect
var actualVersion = 0;                                // version the user really has
var hasRightVersion = false;
// check the browser...we're looking for ie/win
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
// write vbscript detection if we're not on mac.
if(isIE && isWin){ // don't write vbscript tags on anything but ie win
        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('</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;
                }
        }
        for (var i = 2; i <= maxVersion; i++) {
                if (eval("flash" + i + "Installed") == true) actualVersion = i;
        }
        if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("WebTV") != -1) actualVersion = 3;
        //alert("version detected: " + actualVersion);
        if (actualVersion >= requiredVersion) {
                hasRightVersion = true;
        }
}
detectFlash();      
//