var requiredVersion = 4;			// version the user needs to view site (max is 5, min is 2)
var useRedirect = true; 			// "true" loads new flash or non-flash page into browser, "false" embeds movie or alternate html code into current page

// set next three vars if useRedirect is true...
var flashPage = ""		// the location of the flash movie page
var noFlashPage = ""		// send user here if they don't have the plugin or we can't detect it
var upgradePage = ""		// send user here if we detect an old plugin
// #############################################

// *************
// everything below this point is internal until after the body tag
// do not modify!
// *************

// system globals
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 6 is installed
var maxVersion = 7;			// 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 jsVersion = 1.0;			// the version of javascript supported


// check the browser...we're looking for ie/win
var isIE = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1) ? true : false;		// true if we're on ie
var isWin = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Windows") != -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 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('</SCR' + 'IPT\> \n'); // break up end tag so it doesn't end our script
}







// next comes the standard javascript detection that uses the navigator.plugins array
// we pack the detector into a function so it loads before we run it

function detectFlash(){

	if (navigator.plugins){								// does navigator.plugins exist?
		if (navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] 	// yes>> then is Flash 2
		|| navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"]){		// or flash 3+ installed?

			// 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;
			// a flash plugin-description looks like this: Shockwave Flash 4.0 r5
			// so 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
			var flashVersion = parseInt(flashDescription.charAt(flashDescription.indexOf(".") - 1));
			//alert(flashVersion);
			// we know the version, now set appropriate version flags
			flash2Installed = flashVersion == 2;
			flash3Installed = flashVersion == 3;
			flash4Installed = flashVersion == 4;
			flash5Installed = flashVersion == 5;
			flash6Installed = flashVersion == 6;
			flash7Installed = flashVersion == 7;
		}
	}

	// loop through all versions we're checking, and set actualVersion to highest detected version
	//alert(maxVersion);
	for (var i = 2; i <= maxVersion; i++) {
		if (eval("flash" + i + "Installed") == true) actualVersion = i;
	}
	// if we're on webtv, the version supported is 2 (pre-summer2000, or 3, post-summer2000)
	// note that we don't bother sniffing varieties of webtv. you could if you were sadistic...
	if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("WebTV") != -1) actualVersion = 2;

	// uncomment next line to display flash version during testing
	// alert("version detected: " + actualVersion);


	// we're finished getting the version. time to take the appropriate action

	if (actualVersion >= requiredVersion) { 			// user has a new enough version
		return true;					// flag: it's okay to write out the object/embed tags late
	} else {	// user doesn't have a new enough version.
		return false;
	}
}
hasFlash = detectFlash();	// call our detector now that it's safely loaded.