var flash8Installed = false;




function detectFlash() {

// Check the browser...we're looking for ie/win, but not aol
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


// This is a js1.1 code block, so make note that js1.1 is supported.
jsVersion = 1.1;

// 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('flash8Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.8"))) \n');
  document.write('flash8Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.9"))) \n');
  document.write('<\/SCR' + 'IPT\> \n'); // break up end tag so it doesn't end our script
}

if (navigator.plugins) {

    // ...then check for flash 2 or flash 3+.
    if (navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] || navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"]) {

      // Some version of Flash was found. Time to figure out which.
      
      // 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;

      // DEBUGGING: uncomment next line to see the actual description.
      // alert("Flash plugin description: " + flashDescription);
      
      // A flash plugin-description looks like this: Shockwave Flash 4.0 r5
      // We can get the major version by grabbing the character before the period
      // note that we don't bother with minor version detection. 
      // Do that in your movie with $version or getVersion().
      var flashVersion = parseInt(flashDescription.substring(16));

      // We found the version, now set appropriate version flags. Make sure
      // to use >= on the highest version so we don't prevent future version
      // users from entering the site.

      flash8Installed = flashVersion >= 8;
    
}
  }

}
detectFlash();