function getFlashVersion() {

    var flashinstalled = 0 ;
    var flashversion = 0 ;
    MSDetect = false ;
    if (navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins.length)
    {
        x = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"];
        if (x)
        {
            flashinstalled = 2;
            if (x.description)
            {
                y = x.description;
                flashversion = y.charAt(y.indexOf('.')-1);
            }
        }
        else
            flashinstalled = 1;
        if (navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"])
        {
            flashinstalled = 2;
            flashversion = 2;
        }
    }
    else if (navigator.mimeTypes && navigator.mimeTypes.length)
    {
        x = navigator.mimeTypes['application/x-shockwave-flash'];
        if (x && x.enabledPlugin)
            flashinstalled = 2;
        else
            flashinstalled = 1;
    }
    else
        MSDetect = true ;


    if (MSDetect)
	for(i = 2 ; i <= 9 ; i++) {
	  try{
	  if (typeof(new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash."+i)) == 'object')
        	flashinstalled = 2;
		flashversion = i ;
	  } catch(e) { }
	}

    if (!flashinstalled)
	flashinstalled = 1 ;

	return flashversion ;

}