var flash_enabled = false;
function flashEnabled(requiredVersion) {
	if(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("msie") != -1) {
		var tst = '<scr' + 'ipt language="VBScript"\>\n';
		tst += 'on error resume next\n';
		tst += 'Dim checkForFlash\n';
		tst += 'checkForFlash = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.'+requiredVersion+'")))\n';
		tst += 'if checkForFlash = true then\n';
		tst += 'flash_enabled = true\n';
		tst += 'end If\n';
		tst += '</scr' + 'ipt\> \n';
		document.write(tst);
	}
	else if(navigator.plugins.length) {
		var i;
		for (i=0; i < navigator.plugins.length; i++) {
			var pluginIdent = navigator.plugins[i].description.split(" ");
			if(pluginIdent[0] == "Shockwave" && pluginIdent[1] == "Flash") {
				var versionArray = pluginIdent[2].split(".");
				if(versionArray[0] >= requiredVersion) {
					flash_enabled = true;
				}
				break;
			}
		}
	}
	return(flash_enabled);
}