b = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
if ( (b.indexOf('msie') != -1) && (b.indexOf('win') != -1) && (b.indexOf('opera') == -1) ) {	document.writeln('<script language="VBscript">');
document.writeln('Function detectActiveXControl(activeXControlName)');document.writeln('  on error resume next');
	document.writeln('  detectActiveXControl = False');

document.writeln('detectActiveXControl = IsObject(CreateObject(activeXControlName))');
document.writeln('End Function');	document.writeln('</scr' + 'ipt>');
}

function getFlashVersion(){

var installedVersion = 0;	
if ( (b.indexOf('msie') != -1) && (b.indexOf('win') != -1) && (b.indexOf('opera') == -1) ) {
for (var i=3; i<10; i++){
			if(detectActiveXControl("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash."+i) == true) installedVersion = i;
}
} else {		if (navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"]) {
var pluginDesc = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"].description;
installedVersion = parseInt( pluginDesc.charAt( pluginDesc.indexOf(".")-1 ) );
}		if(b.indexOf("webtv") != -1) installedVersion = 3;  
}
return installedVersion;
}