var flash2Installed = false;
var flash3Installed = false;
var flash4Installed = false;
var flash5Installed = false;
var flash6Installed = false;
var flash7Installed = false;
var maxVersion          = 7;
var actualVersion       = 0;
var hasRightVersion = false;

var isIE = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1) ? true : false;         // TRUE wenn IE
var isWin = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Windows") != -1) ? true : false; // TRUE wenn auf Windows

if(isIE && isWin){
        document.write('<SCR' + 'IPT LANGUAGE=VBScript\> \n');
        document.write('on error resume next \n');
        document.write('flash2Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.2"))) \n');
        document.write('flash3Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.3"))) \n');
        document.write('flash4Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.4"))) \n');
        document.write('flash5Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.5"))) \n');  
        document.write('flash6Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.6"))) \n');
        document.write('flash7Installed = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.7"))) \n');  
        document.write('</SCR' + 'IPT\> \n');
}
function detectFlash(flV) {
        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));
                        flash2Installed                 = flashVersion == 2;    
                        flash3Installed                 = flashVersion == 3;
                        flash4Installed                 = flashVersion == 4;
                        flash5Installed                 = flashVersion == 5;
                        flash6Installed                 = flashVersion == 6;
                        flash7Installed                 = flashVersion >= 7;
                }
        }

        for (var i = 2; i <= maxVersion; i++) {  
                if (eval("flash" + i + "Installed") == true) actualVersion = i;
        }

        if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("WebTV") != -1) actualVersion = 3;  

        if (actualVersion >= flV) {
                hasRightVersion = true;                
        } else {  
                hasRightVersion = false;
        }
        return(hasRightVersion)
}