var isIE  = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1) ? true : false;
var isWin = (navigator.appVersion.toLowerCase().indexOf("win") != -1) ? true : false;
var isOpera = (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera") != -1) ? true : false;

// JavaScript helper required to detect Flash Player PlugIn version information
JSGetSwfVer = function(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];
			
			if ( descArray[3] != "" ) {
				tempArrayMinor = descArray[3].split("r");
			} else {
				tempArrayMinor = descArray[4].split("r");
			}
				versionMinor = tempArrayMinor[1] > 0 ? tempArrayMinor[1] : 0;
				flashVer = parseFloat(versionMajor + "." + versionMinor);
			} 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 6r65 returns 6.65
// If called with reqMajorVer, reqMinorVer this function returns true if that version or greater is installed
DetectFlashVer =function(reqMajorVer, reqMinorVer) 
{
	reqVer = parseFloat(reqMajorVer + "." + reqMinorVer);
	// loop backwards through the versions until we find the newest version      
	for (i=25;i>0;i--) {      
		if (isIE && isWin && !isOpera) {;
			versionStr = VBGetSwfVer(i);
		} else {
			versionStr = JSGetSwfVer(i);
		}
		if (versionStr == -1) {
			return false;
		} else if (versionStr != 0) {
			if(isIE && isWin && !isOpera) {
				tempArray = versionStr.split(" ");
				tempString = tempArray[1];
				versionArray = tempString .split(",");                        
				versionMajor = versionArray[0];
				versionMinor   = versionArray[2];                        
				versionString = versionMajor + "." + versionMinor;
				versionNum = parseFloat(versionString);
			} else {
				versionNum = versionStr;
			}
			return (versionNum >= reqVer ? true : false );            
		}
	}
	return (reqVer ? false : 0.0);
}