var installed = false;
function isFlashPlayerInstalled() {
   var lastPlayerVersion = 8;
   var browser = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase(); 
	
// NS3
   if (browser.indexOf("mozilla/3") != -1 && browser.indexOf("msie") == -1) {
      installed = false;
   }
   
// NS3+, Opera3+, IE5+ Mac 
	if (navigator.plugins != null && navigator.plugins.length > 0) {
		var flashPlugin = navigator.plugins['Shockwave Flash'];
		if (typeof flashPlugin == 'object') { 
			for (var i = lastPlayerVersion; i >= 3; i--) {
            if (flashPlugin.description.indexOf(i + '.') != -1) {
               installed = true;
               break;
            }
         }
		}
	}

// IE4+ Win32
	else if (browser.indexOf("msie") != -1 && parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4 && browser.indexOf("win")!=-1 && browser.indexOf("16bit")==-1) {
	  var str = '<script language="VBScript"\> \n On Error Resume Next \n Dim obj \n';
      str += 'For i = ' + lastPlayerVersion + ' To 3 Step -1 \n';
      str += 'Set obj = CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." & i) \n';
      str += 'If IsObject(obj) Then \n';
      str += 'installed = true \n';
      str += 'Exit For \n';
      str += 'End If \n';
      str += 'Next \n';
      str += '</script\> \n';
      document.write(str);
   } else {
		installed = false;
	}

	return installed;
}


function insertFlashObject(clsid, id, file, w, h, bg) {	
	document.write('<object classid="clsid:'+clsid+'" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="'+w+'" height="'+h+'" id="'+id+'">\n');
    document.write('<param name="movie" value="'+file+'">\n');
	document.write('<param name="wmode" value="transparent">\n');
	document.write('<param name="quality" value="high">\n');
	document.write('<param name="bgcolor" value="'+bg+'">\n');
	document.write('<EMBED src="'+file+'" quality="high" bgcolor="'+bg+'" width="'+w+'" height="'+h+'" name="'+id+'" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginpage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></object>');	
	
}