// Visual basic helper required to detect Flash Player ActiveX control version information
Function VBGetSwfVer(i)
  on error resume next
  Dim swControl, swVersion
  swVersion = 0
  
  set swControl = CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." + CStr(i))
  if (IsObject(swControl)) then
    swVersion = swControl.GetVariable("$version")
  end if
  VBGetSwfVer = swVersion
End Function

// Detect Client Browser type
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;

jsVersion = 1.1;

// JavaScript helper required to detect Flash Player PlugIn version information
function JSGetSwfVer(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];
         versionMinor   = tempArrayMajor[1];
         
         if ( descArray[3] != "" ) 
         {
            tempArrayMinor = descArray[3].split("r");
         } 
         else 
         {
            tempArrayMinor = descArray[4].split("r");
         }
         
         versionRevision = tempArrayMinor[1] > 0 ? tempArrayMinor[1] : 0;
         flashVer = versionMajor + "." + versionMinor + "." + versionRevision;
      } 
      else 
      {
         flashVer = -1;
      }
   }     
   else if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv/2.6") != -1) 
      flashVer = 4; // MSN/WebTV 2.6 supports Flash 4
   else if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv/2.5") != -1) 
      flashVer = 3; // WebTV 2.5 supports Flash 3   
   else if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv") != -1) 
      flashVer = 2; // older WebTV supports Flash 2
   else     
      flashVer = -1; // Can't detect in all other cases
   
   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 7r14 returns 7.14
// If called with reqMajorVer, reqMinorVer, reqRevision returns true if that version or greater is available
function DetectFlashVer( reqMajorVer, reqMinorVer, reqRevision ) 
{
   reqVer = parseFloat(reqMajorVer + "." + reqRevision);
   // 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(",");            
         } 
         else 
         {
            versionArray      = versionStr.split(".");
         }
         
         versionMajor      = versionArray[0];
         versionMinor      = versionArray[1];
         versionRevision   = versionArray[2];
         
         versionString     = versionMajor + "." + versionRevision;   // 7.0r24 == 7.24
         versionNum        = parseFloat(versionString);
         
         // is the major.revision >= requested major.revision AND the minor version >= requested minor
         if ( (versionMajor > reqMajorVer) && (versionNum >= reqVer) ) 
            return true;
         else 
            return ((versionNum >= reqVer && versionMinor >= reqMinorVer) ? true : false );   
      }
   }   
   return (reqVer ? false : 0.0);
}