// ========================== init =====================

var flash2Installed = false;    // boolean. true if flash 2 is installed
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



// ========================== writevb ========================

// 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


// 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
}


// ========================== main ===============================
function detectFlash() {  
  // If navigator.plugins exists...
  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.
      flash2Installed = flashVersion == 2;    
      flash3Installed = flashVersion == 3;
      flash4Installed = flashVersion == 4;
      flash5Installed = flashVersion == 5;
      flash6Installed = flashVersion == 6;
      flash7Installed = flashVersion == 7;
      flash8Installed = flashVersion == 8;
      flash9Installed = flashVersion >= 9;
    }
  }
  
  // Loop through all versions we're checking, and
  // set actualVersion to highest detected version.
  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);
}

detectFlash();  // call our detector now that it's safely loaded.