var requiredVersion = 6;   // Version the user needs to view site (max 9, min 2)
var flash6Installed = false;    // boolean. true if flash 6 is installed
var maxVersion = 9;             // 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 flash6Installed = 0;
var flash7Installed = 0;
var flash8Installed = 0;
var flash9Installed = 0;

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

if(isIE && isWin){
  document.write('<SCR' + 'IPT LANGUAGE=VBScript\> \n');
  document.write('on error resume next \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('flash9Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.9"))) \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;

      // alert("Flash plugin description: " + flashDescription);

      var flashVersion = parseInt(flashDescription.substring(16));

      flash6Installed = flashVersion == 6;
      flash7Installed = flashVersion == 7;
      flash8Installed = flashVersion == 8;
      flash9Installed = flashVersion >= 9;
    }
  }

  for (var i = 6; i <= maxVersion; i++) {
    if (eval("flash" + i + "Installed") == true) actualVersion = i;
  }

  if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("WebTV") != -1) actualVersion = 4;

  // alert("version detected: " + actualVersion);

  if (actualVersion >= requiredVersion) {
    hasRightVersion = true;
  }
}
detectFlash();