function Browser(){
	var ua = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase(); 
	this.Gecko = (ua.indexOf('gecko') != -1 && ua.indexOf('safari') == -1);
	this.Safari = (ua.indexOf('safari') != - 1);
	this.IE = (ua.indexOf('msie') != -1 && !this.Opera && (ua.indexOf('webtv') == -1) ); 
	this.Firefox = ( (ua.indexOf('firebird/') != -1) || (ua.indexOf('firefox/') != -1) );
	this.IECompatible = ( (ua.indexOf('msie') != -1) && !this.IE);
	this.NSCompatible = ( (ua.indexOf('mozilla') != -1) && !this.NS && !this.Mozilla);
	this.geckoVersion = ( (this.Gecko) ? ua.substring( (ua.lastIndexOf('gecko/') + 6), (ua.lastIndexOf('gecko/') + 14) ) : -1 );
	this.equivalentMozilla = ( (this.Gecko) ? parseFloat( ua.substring( ua.indexOf('rv:') + 3 ) ) : -1 );
	this.versionMinor = parseFloat(navigator.appVersion); 
	if (this.Gecko && !this.Mozilla) this.versionMinor = parseFloat( ua.substring( ua.indexOf('/', ua.indexOf('gecko/') + 6) + 1 ) );
	else if (this.Mozilla) this.versionMinor = parseFloat( ua.substring( ua.indexOf('rv:') + 3 ) );
	else if (this.IE && this.versionMinor >= 4) this.versionMinor = parseFloat( ua.substring( ua.indexOf('msie ') + 5 ) );
	else if (this.Safari) this.versionMinor = parseFloat( ua.substring( ua.lastIndexOf('safari/') + 7 ) );
	this.versionMajor = parseInt(this.versionMinor); 
	this.DOM1 = (document.getElementById);
	this.DOM2Event = (document.addEventListener && document.removeEventListener);
	this.mode = document.compatMode ? document.compatMode : 'BackCompat';
	this.Win = (ua.indexOf('win') != -1);
	this.Mac = (ua.indexOf('mac') != -1);
	this.NS6up = (this.NS && this.versionMajor >= 6);
	this.NS7up = (this.NS && this.versionMajor >= 7);
	this.IE4 = (this.IE && this.versionMajor == 4);
	this.IE5 = (this.IE && this.versionMajor == 5);
	this.IE55 = (this.IE && this.versionMinor == 5.5);
	this.IE5up = (this.IE && this.versionMajor >= 5);
	this.IE6x = (this.IE && this.versionMajor == 6);
	this.IE6up = (this.IE && this.versionMajor >= 6);
}
var is = new Browser();

var flashVersion = 0;
function getFlashVersion() {
	var latestFlashVersion = 20;
	var agent = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase(); 
	if (navigator.plugins != null && navigator.plugins.length > 0) {
		var flashPlugin = navigator.plugins['Shockwave Flash'];
		if (typeof flashPlugin == 'object'){ 
			for (var i = latestFlashVersion; i >= 3; i--){
	            if (flashPlugin.description.indexOf(i + '.') != -1){
	               flashVersion = i;
	               break;
	            }
			}
		}
	}
	else if (agent.indexOf("msie") != -1 && parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4 && agent.indexOf("win")!=-1 && agent.indexOf("16bit")==-1) {
		var doc = ''+
			'<scr' + 'ipt language="VBScript"\> \n'+
			'On Error Resume Next \n'+
			'Dim obFlash \n'+
			'For i = ' + latestFlashVersion + ' To 3 Step -1 \n'+
			'	Set obFlash = CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." & i) \n'+
			'	If IsObject(obFlash) Then \n'+
			'		flashVersion = i \n'+
			'		Exit For \n'+
			'	End If \n'+
			'Next \n'+
			'</scr' + 'ipt\> \n';
		document.write(doc);
	} else {flashVersion = flashVersion_DONTKNOW; }
return flashVersion;
}
