window.flash=0;
        // system globals
        var flash2Installed = false;
        var flash3Installed = false;
        var flash4Installed = false;
        var flash5Installed = false;
        var flash6Installed = false;
        var flash7Installed = false;
        var flash8Installed = false;
	var flash9Installed = false;
	var flash10Installed = false;
        var jsVersion = 1.0;
        var isIE = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1) ? true : false;
        var isWin = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Windows") != -1) ? true : false;
        // write vbscript detection if we're not on mac.
        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('flash9Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.9"))) \n');
	        document.write('flash10Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.10"))) \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"]){          // or flash 3+ installed?
                        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;
	                flash9Installed = flashVersion == 9;
	                flash10Installed = flashVersion == 0;
                }
        }
}
 
detectFlash();
        if ( flash10Installed ) {
                        window.flash="9";
        } else if ( flash9Installed ) {      
                        window.flash="9";
        } else if ( flash8Installed ) {
                        window.flash="8";
        } else if ( flash7Installed ) {
                        window.flash="7";
        } else if ( flash6Installed ) {
	                window.flash="6";
        } else if ( flash5Installed ) {
                        window.flash="5";
        } else if ( flash4Installed ) {
                        window.flash="4";
        } else if ( flash3Installed ) {
                        window.flash="3";
        } else if ( flash2Installed ) {
                        window.flash="2";
        } else {
                        window.flash="0";
        }