var flashinstalled = 0;

var flashversion = 0;

MSDetect = "false";



// reference below website for info

// http://www.quirksmode.org/js/flash.html

if (navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins.length){

	x = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"];

	if (x){

		flashinstalled = 2;

		if (x.description)

		{

			y = x.description;

			flashversion = y.charAt(y.indexOf('.')-1);

		}

	} else {

		flashinstalled = 1;

		if (navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"]){

			flashinstalled = 2;

			flashversion = 2;

		}

	}

}

else if (navigator.mimeTypes && navigator.mimeTypes.length){

	x = navigator.mimeTypes['application/x-shockwave-flash'];

	if (x && x.enabledPlugin){

		flashinstalled = 2;

	} else {

		flashinstalled = 1;

	}

} else {

	MSDetect = "true";

}