// #############################################################################
// ##  Amended 24-06-2004 - by Phil Middlemass - Im Newcastle/Leighton Media  ##
// ## Code amended to be future proof for future versions of the flash player ##
// ##                      upto version 9 can be detected                     ##
// #############################################################################
//
var flash2Plugin = false;
var flash3Plugin = false;
var flash4Plugin = false;
var flash5Plugin = false;
var flash6Plugin = false;
var flash7Plugin = false;
var flash8Plugin = false;
var flash9Plugin = false;
var versionInstalled = 0;
var flashOkay = false;
var isIE = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1) ? true : false;
var isWin = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Windows") != -1) ? true : false;
if(isIE && isWin){
	document.write('<SCR' + 'IPT LANGUAGE=VBScript\> \n');
	document.write('on error resume next \n');
	document.write('flash2Plugin = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.2"))) \n');
	document.write('flash3Plugin = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.3"))) \n');
	document.write('flash4Plugin = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.4"))) \n');
	document.write('flash5Plugin = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.5"))) \n');
	document.write('flash6Plugin = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.6"))) \n');
	document.write('flash7Plugin = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.7"))) \n');
	document.write('flash8Plugin = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.8"))) \n');
	document.write('flash9Plugin = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.9"))) \n');
	document.write('</SCR' + 'IPT\> \n');
}
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;
			var flashVersion = parseInt(flashDescription.charAt(flashDescription.indexOf(".") - 1));

			flash2Plugin = (flashVersion == 2) ? true : false;
			flash3Plugin = (flashVersion == 3) ? true : false;
			flash4Plugin = (flashVersion == 4) ? true : false;
			flash5Plugin = (flashVersion == 5) ? true : false;
			flash6Plugin = (flashVersion == 6) ? true : false;
			flash7Plugin = (flashVersion == 7) ? true : false;
			flash8Plugin = (flashVersion == 8) ? true : false;
			flash9Plugin = (flashVersion == 9) ? true : false;
		}
	}
	if (flash2Plugin) versionInstalled = 2;
	if (flash3Plugin) versionInstalled = 3;
	if (flash4Plugin) versionInstalled = 4;
	if (flash5Plugin) versionInstalled = 5;
	if (flash6Plugin) versionInstalled = 6;
	if (flash7Plugin) versionInstalled = 7;
	if (flash8Plugin) versionInstalled = 8;
	if (flash9Plugin) versionInstalled = 9;
	//alert("Version = "+versionInstalled)
	flashOkay = (versionInstalled > 5) ? true : false;
	//alert("flashOkay = "+flashOkay)
}