var minimum = 6;			// Minimum version requirements
var flash2 = false;
var flash3 = false;
var flash4 = false;
var flash5 = false;
var flash6 = false;
var flash7 = false;
var flash8 = false;
var maximum = 8;					// Maximum version to detect
var actual = 0;				// User version
var hasRightVersion = false;		// If user has required version

function flashDetect(){	

	if (navigator.plugins){
		if (navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"]
		|| navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"]){
			var isVersion2 = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] ? " 2.0" : "";
			var flashDescription = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash" + isVersion2].description;
			var flashVersion = parseInt(flashDescription.charAt(flashDescription.indexOf(".") - 1));
			flash2 = flashVersion == 2;		
			flash3 = flashVersion == 3;
			flash4 = flashVersion == 4;
			flash5 = flashVersion == 5;
			flash6 = flashVersion == 6;
			flash7 = flashVersion == 7;
			flash8 = flashVersion == 8;
		}
	}
	for (var i = 2; i <= maximum; i++) {	
		if (eval("flash" + i) == true) actual = i;
	}
	if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("WebTV") != -1) actual = 2;	

	hasRightVersion = ( actual >= minimum ) ;
}

flashDetect() ;


<!--
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Globals
// Major version of Flash required
var requiredMajorVersion = 8;
// Minor version of Flash required
var requiredMinorVersion = 0;
// Minor version of Flash required
var requiredRevision = 0;
// the version of javascript supported
var jsVersion = 1.0;
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// -->
<!-- // 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;
var isSafari = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf('Safari') != -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;
		}
	}
	// MSN/WebTV 2.6 supports Flash 4
	else if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv/2.6") != -1) flashVer = 4;
	// WebTV 2.5 supports Flash 3
	else if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv/2.5") != -1) flashVer = 3;
	// older WebTV supports Flash 2
	else if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv") != -1) flashVer = 2;
	// Can't detect in all other cases
	else {	
		flashVer = -1;
	}
	return flashVer;
} 
// When 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  && !isSafari) {
			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 );	
			}
		}
	}	
}
// -->

function embedFlash(filename){
	// Version check based upon the values entered above in "Globals"
	var hasReqestedVersion = DetectFlashVer(requiredMajorVersion, requiredMinorVersion, requiredRevision);
	// Check to see if the version meets the requirements for playback
	if (hasReqestedVersion) {  // if we've detected an acceptable version
		var oeTags = '<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="100%" height="100%" id="tile" align="middle">'
		+ '<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />'
		+ '<param name="movie" value="' + filename + '" />'
		+ '<param name="quality" value="best" />'
		+ '<param name="scale" value="noscale" />'
		+ '<param name="salign" value="lt" />'
		+ '<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />'
		+ '<param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> '
		+ '<embed src ="' + filename + '" bgcolor="#ffffff" '
		+ 'scale="noscale" salign="lt" width="100%" height="100%" name="tile" align="middle" '
		+ 'play="true"'
		+ 'loop="false"'
		+ 'quality="best"'
		+ 'wmode="transparent"'
		+ 'allowScriptAccess="sameDomain"'
		+ 'type="application/x-shockwave-flash"'
		+ 'pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">'
		+ '<\/embed>'
		+ '<\/object>';
		document.write(oeTags);   // embed the Flash Content SWF when all tests are passed
	  } else {  // flash is too old or we can't detect the plugin
		var alternateContent = '<table width="390"  border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">'
		+ '<tr><td width="390">'
		+ '<a href="http"//www.macromedia.com/downloads/" target="_blank">'
		+ '<img src="images/no_flash.jpg" width="390" height="98" alt="" border="0">'
		+ '</a><br></td></tr></table>';
		 document.write(alternateContent);  // insert non-flash content
	  }
}