var FlashMode = 0;
// attempt to detect at least Flash 9 
if (navigator.mimeTypes && 
  navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"] && 
  navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"].enabledPlugin) {
    if (navigator.plugins && 
      navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"] && 
      (versionIndex = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"].description.indexOf(".")) != - 1) {
        var versionString = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"].description.substring(versionIndex-1, versionIndex);
        versionIndex = parseInt( versionString );
        if ( versionIndex >= 7) {
          FlashMode = 1;
        }
    }
} else if (navigator.userAgent && 
    navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")>=0 && 
    (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Windows 95")>=0 || 
    navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Windows 98")>=0 || 
    navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Windows NT")>=0)) {
      document.write('<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=VBScript\> \n');
      document.write('on error resume next \n');
      document.write('FlashMode = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.6")))\n');
      document.write('</SCRIPT\> \n');
}