flashVersion = 0;
flashVersion_DONTKNOW = -1;
flashVersion = getFlashVersion();

function getFlashVersion(){
   agent = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase(); 

     // NS3 needs flashVersion to be a local variable
   if (agent.indexOf("mozilla/3") != -1 && agent.indexOf("msie") == -1)flashVersion = 0;
  
		// N4+, NS7, Opera3+, IE5+ Mac (support plugin array):  check for Flash plugin in plugin array
		if(navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins.length)
		{
				if(navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"])
				{
					plugin = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"];	flashVersion=(eval(plugin.description.indexOf('8.'))!=-1)?8:(eval(plugin.description.indexOf('7.'))!=-1)?7:(eval(plugin.description.indexOf('6.'))!=-1)?6:(eval(plugin.description.indexOf('5.'))!=-1)?5:3;
					
				}
				else
				{
					if(navigator.plugins["Flash"])
					{
						plugin = navigator.plugins["Flash"]; flashVersion=(eval(plugin.description.indexOf('8.'))!=-1)?8:(eval(plugin.description.indexOf('7.'))!=-1)?7:(eval(plugin.description.indexOf('6.'))!=-1)?6:(eval(plugin.description.indexOf('5.'))!=-1)?5:3;
					}
				}
		}

     // IE4+ Win32:  attempt to create an ActiveX object using VBScript
   else if(agent.indexOf("msie") != -1 && parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4 && agent.indexOf("win")!=-1 && agent.indexOf("16bit")==-1) 
	{
     document.write('<scr' + 'ipt language="VBScript"\> \n');
     document.write('on error resume next \n');
     document.write('dim obFlash \n');
     document.write('set obFlash = CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.7") \n');
     document.write('if IsObject(obFlash) then \n');
     document.write('flashVersion = 7 \n');
     document.write('else set obFlash = CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.6") end if \n');
     document.write('if flashVersion < 7 and IsObject(obFlash) then \n');
     document.write('flashVersion = 6 \n');
     document.write('else set obFlash = CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.5") end if \n');
     document.write('if flashVersion < 6 and IsObject(obFlash) then \n');
     document.write('flashVersion = 5 \n');
     document.write('else set obFlash = CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.4") end if \n');
     document.write('if flashVersion < 5 and IsObject(obFlash) then \n');
     document.write('flashVersion = 4 \n');
     document.write('else set obFlash = CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.3") end if \n');
     document.write('if flashVersion < 4 and IsObject(obFlash) then \n');
     document.write('flashVersion = 3 \n');
     document.write('end if');
     document.write('</scr' + 'ipt\> \n');
   }

   // Can't detect in all other cases
   else {
     flashVersion = flashVersion_DONTKNOW;
         }
   return flashVersion;
}