var useVBScript = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1 && navigator.appVersion.toLowerCase().indexOf("win") != -1 && navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera") == -1);
if (useVBScript) {
	var s = '<script language="VBScript" type="text/vbscript">\n'
	+ '<!-- // Visual basic helper required to detect Flash Player ActiveX control version information\n'
	+ 'Function VBGetSwfVer(i)\n'
	+ '  on error resume next\n'
	+ '  Dim swControl, swVersion\n'
	+ '  swVersion = 0\n'
	+ '\n'
	+ '  set swControl = CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." + CStr(i))\n'
	+ '  if (IsObject(swControl)) then\n'
	+ '    swVersion = swControl.GetVariable("$version")\n'
	+ '  end if\n'
	+ '  VBGetSwfVer = swVersion\n'
	+ 'End Function\n'
	+ '// -->\n'
	+ '</script>\n';
	document.write(s);
}

// JavaScript helper required to detect Flash Player PlugIn version information
function JSGetSwfVer(i){
	// NS/Opera version >= 3 check for Flash plugin in plugin array
	if (navigator.plugins != null && navigator.plugins.length > 0) {
		if (navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] || navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"]) {
			var swVer2 = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] ? " 2.0" : "";
      		var flashDescription = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash" + swVer2].description;
			descArray = flashDescription.split(" ");
			tempArrayMajor = descArray[2].split(".");
			versionMajor = tempArrayMajor[0];
			versionMinor = tempArrayMajor[1];
			if (descArray[3] != "") {
				tempArrayMinor = descArray[3].split("r");
			} else {
				tempArrayMinor = descArray[4].split("r");
			}
      		versionRevision = tempArrayMinor[1] > 0 ? tempArrayMinor[1] : 0;
            flashVer = versionMajor + "." + versionMinor + "." + versionRevision;
      	} else {
			flashVer = -1;
		}
	}
	// MSN/WebTV 2.6 supports Flash 4
	else if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv/2.6") != -1) flashVer = 4;
	// WebTV 2.5 supports Flash 3
	else if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv/2.5") != -1) flashVer = 3;
	// older WebTV supports Flash 2
	else if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv") != -1) flashVer = 2;
	// Can't detect in all other cases
	else {
		
		flashVer = -1;
	}
	return flashVer;
} 
// If called with no parameters this function returns a floating point value 
// which should be the version of the Flash Player or 0.0 
// ex: Flash Player 7r14 returns 7.14
// If called with reqMajorVer, reqMinorVer, reqRevision returns true if that version or greater is available
function DetectFlashVer(reqMajorVer, reqMinorVer, reqRevision) 
{
 	reqVer = parseFloat(reqMajorVer + "." + reqRevision);
   	// loop backwards through the versions until we find the newest version	
	for (i=25;i>0;i--) {	
		if (useVBScript) {
			versionStr = VBGetSwfVer(i);
		} else {
			versionStr = JSGetSwfVer(i);		
		}
		if (versionStr == -1) { 
			return false;
		} else if (versionStr != 0) {
			if(useVBScript) {
				tempArray         = versionStr.split(" ");
				tempString        = tempArray[1];
				versionArray      = tempString .split(",");				
			} else {
				versionArray      = versionStr.split(".");
			}
			versionMajor      = versionArray[0];
			versionMinor      = versionArray[1];
			versionRevision   = versionArray[2];
			
			versionString     = versionMajor + "." + versionRevision;   // 7.0r24 == 7.24
			versionNum        = parseFloat(versionString);
        	// is the major.revision >= requested major.revision AND the minor version >= requested minor
			if (versionMajor > reqMajorVer && versionNum >= reqVer) {
				return true;
			} else {
				return versionNum >= reqVer && versionMinor >= reqMinorVer;
			}
		}
	}
	alert(reqVer);
	return reqVer ? false : 0.0;
}
