var requiredVersion = 8;			// version the user needs to view site 

// 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 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

// 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('flash8Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.8"))) \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
		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 = 2;	
	
if (actualVersion >= requiredVersion) { useflash = true } else { useflash = false }