var requiredVersion = 6;			// version the user needs to view site (max is 6, min is 2)



// system globals

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 maxVersion = 7;					// 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



// write vbscript detection if we're not on mac.



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



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

}



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 = 2;	

	

if (actualVersion >= requiredVersion) { useflash = true } else { useflash = false }