// #############################################
	// these are the user defined globals
	// modify the following variables to customize the inspection behaviour
	
	var requiredVersion = 6;			// 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 = "flash.html"		// the location of the flash movie page
	var noFlashPage = "nonflash.html"	// send user here if they don't have the plugin or we can't detect it
	var upgradePage = "nonflash.html"	// 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 flash8Installed = false;		// boolean. true if flash 7 is installed
	var flash9Installed = false;		// boolean. true if flash 8 is installed
	var flash10Installed = false;		// boolean. true if flash 9 is installed
	var maxVersion = 10;					// 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('flash8Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.8"))) \n');
		document.write('flash9Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.9"))) \n');
		document.write('flash10Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.10"))) \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));
	
				// 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;
				flash8Installed = flashVersion == 8;
				flash9Installed = flashVersion == 9;
				flash10Installed = flashVersion == 10;
			}
		}
		
		// loop through all versions we're checking, and set actualVersion to highest detected version
		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
			hasRightVersion = true;						// flag: it's okay to write out the object/embed tags later
	
			if (useRedirect) {							// if the redirection option is on, load the flash page
				if(jsVersion > 1.0) {					// need javascript1.1 to do location.replace
					window.location.replace(flashPage);	// use replace() so we don't break the back button
				} else {
					window.location = flashPage;		// otherwise, use .location
				}
			}
		} else {	// user doesn't have a new enough version.
		
			if (useRedirect) {		// if the redirection option is on, load the appropriate alternate page
				if(jsVersion > 1.0) {	// need javascript1.1 to do location.replace
					window.location.replace((actualVersion >= 2) ? upgradePage : noFlashPage);
				} else {
					window.location = (actualVersion >= 2) ? upgradePage : noFlashPage;
				}
			}
		}
	}
	
	
	detectFlash();	// call our detector now that it's safely loaded.	
          
