function flashInstalled()
 {




    if (navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins.length)
    {
	x = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"];
	if (x)
	{
		return 2;
		/*
		if (x.description)
		{
			y = x.description;
			flashversion = y.charAt(y.indexOf('.')-1);
		}
		*/
	}
	else
		return 1;
	if (navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"])
	{
		return 2;
		//flashversion = 2;
	}
    }
    else if (navigator.mimeTypes && navigator.mimeTypes.length)
    {
	x = navigator.mimeTypes['application/x-shockwave-flash'];
	if (x && x.enabledPlugin)
		return 2;
	else
		return 1;
    }
    else
    {

      // IE flash detection.
	for( var i=7 ; i > 0 ; i-- ){
		flashVersion = 0;
		try{
			var flash = new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." + i);

			return 2;
                        //flashVersion = i;
		}
		catch(e){
		}
	}
     }

/*
2: Flash installed 
1: Flash not installed 
0: Unknown if Flash is installed 
*/
   return 0;
 }

  var flash_enabled = flashInstalled();