<!--

    // convert all characters to lowercase to simplify testing
    var agt=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();

	var baseVersion 	= 5;
	var flashVersion	= 0;
	var is_flash3 		= false;
	var is_flash4 		= false;
	var is_flash5 		= false;
	var is_flash6 		= false;
	var is_flash		= false;
	
	var plugin = (navigator.mimeTypes && navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"]) ? navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"].enabledPlugin : 0;
	
	if ( plugin ) 
	{
		var words = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"].description.split(" ");
	    for( var i = 0; i < words.length; ++i )
	    {
			if( isNaN( parseInt( words[i] ) ) )
				continue;
				
			if( words[i] == 3 )
				is_flash4 = true;
			if( words[i] == 4 )
				is_flash4 = true;
			if( words[i] == 5 )
				is_flash4 = true;
			if( words[i] == 6 )
				is_flash4 = true;
			flashVersion = words[i]; 
	    }	    
	}
	else if( navigator.userAgent && navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE") >= 0 && ( navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Win") != -1 ) )
	{
		document.write('<SCR' + 'IPT LANGUAGE=VBScript\> \n'); //FS hide this from IE4.5 Mac by splitting the tag
		document.write('on error resume next \n');
		document.write('is_flash3 = ( IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.3")))\n');
		document.write('is_flash4 = ( IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.4")))\n');
		document.write('is_flash5 = ( IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.5")))\n');
		document.write('is_flash6 = ( IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.6")))\n');
		document.write('</SCR' + 'IPT\> \n');

		if( is_flash3 ) flashVersion = 4;
		if( is_flash4 ) flashVersion = 4;
		if( is_flash5 ) flashVersion = 5;
		if( is_flash6 ) flashVersion = 6;
	}

	//alert( is_flash3 + ':' + is_flash4 + ':' + is_flash5 + ':' + is_flash6 );
    if( flashVersion >= baseVersion )
    {
    	is_flash = true;
    }
	
//-->