// =============================================================================

var flash2Installed = false;    
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 flash9Installed = false;    // boolean. true if flash 9 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 isIE  = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1) ? true : false;  
var isWin = (navigator.appVersion.toLowerCase().indexOf("win") != -1) ? true : false;

// Write vbscript detection on ie win. IE on Windows doesn't support regular
// JavaScript plugins array detection.
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('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(requiredVersion) {  
  if (navigator.plugins) {
    if (navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] || navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"]) {
      // Flash was found.
      // Set convenient references to flash 2 and the plugin description.
      var isVersion2 = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] ? " 2.0" : "";
      var flashDescription = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash" + isVersion2].description;    
      var flashVersion = parseInt(flashDescription.substring(16));     
      flash2Installed = flashVersion == 2;    
      flash3Installed = flashVersion == 3;
      flash4Installed = flashVersion == 4;
      flash5Installed = flashVersion == 5;
      flash6Installed = flashVersion == 6;
      flash7Installed = flashVersion == 7;
      flash8Installed = flashVersion == 8;
      flash9Installed = flashVersion >= 9;
    }
  }
  for (var i = 2; i <= maxVersion; i++) {  
    if (eval("flash" + i + "Installed") == true) actualVersion = i;
  }
  
  // If we're on msntv (formerly webtv), the version supported is 4 (as of
  // January 1, 2004). Note that we don't bother sniffing varieties
  // of msntv. You could if you were sadistic...
  if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("WebTV") != -1) actualVersion = 4;  
  
  // DEBUGGING: uncomment next line to display flash version
  // alert("version detected: " + actualVersion);

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

/*** START WRITE FLASH CODE ***/
function FlashWrite(url,width,height,bgcolor)
{
	document.write('<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"');
	document.write('  codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0" ');
	document.write('  WIDTH=' + width + ' HEIGHT=' + height + '>');
	document.write(' <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="' + url + '"> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=' + bgcolor + '>'); 
	document.write(' <EMBED src="' + url + '" quality=high bgcolor=' + bgcolor + ' ');
	document.write(' swLiveConnect=FALSE WIDTH=' + width + ' HEIGHT=' + height);
	document.write(' TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">');
	document.write(' </EMBED></OBJECT>');
}
/*** END WRITE FLASH CODE ***/