var flashinstalled = 0;
var flashversion = 0;
MSDetect = "false";
if (navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins.length)
{
	x = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"];
	if (x)
	{
		flashinstalled = 2;
		if (x.description)
		{
			y = x.description;
			flashversion = y.charAt(y.indexOf('.')-1);
		}
	}
	else
		flashinstalled = 1;
	if (navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"])
	{
		flashinstalled = 2;
		flashversion = 2;
	}
}
else if (navigator.mimeTypes && navigator.mimeTypes.length)
{
	x = navigator.mimeTypes['application/x-shockwave-flash'];
	if (x && x.enabledPlugin)
		flashinstalled = 2;
	else
		flashinstalled = 1;
}
else
	MSDetect = "true";

// -->
/*
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBScript">

on error resume next

If MSDetect = "true" Then
	For i = 2 to 6
		If Not(IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." & i))) Then

		Else
			flashinstalled = 2
			flashversion = i
		End If
	Next
End If

If flashinstalled = 0 Then
	flashinstalled = 1
End If

</SCRIPT>
*/

// IE flash detection. to replace the last vbscript part
	for(var i=7; i>0; i--){
		flashVersion = 0;
		try{
			var flash = new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." + i);
			flashVersion = i;
			break;
		}
		catch(e){
		}
	}