var flashInstalled = false;
var isIE = (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE") != -1) ? true : false;
var isWin = (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Win") != -1) ? true : false;

if (navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins.length)
{
    var pluginsString = "";    
    
    var pluginName = "Shockwave Flash"
    var pluginInfo = navigator.plugins[pluginName];
    if (pluginInfo)
    {
        if (pluginInfo.description)
        {
            description = pluginInfo.description;
            //var flashVersion = y.charAt(y.indexOf('.')-1); //checks flash version
            var flashVersion = description.substring(pluginName.length+1, description.indexOf('.'));

            if (flashVersion>=6)
            { //checks for version 6 and above.\
                flashInstalled = true;
            }
        }
    }
}

if(isIE && isWin)
{ //can't read from plugins array on ie pc...
    document.write('<scr' + 'ipt language=VBScript> \n');
    document.write('on error resume next \n');
    document.write('flashInstalled = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.6"))) \n');
    document.write('flashInstalled = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.7"))) \n');
    document.write('flashInstalled = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.8"))) \n');
    document.write('<\/scr' + 'ipt> \n');
}