function hasFlash() {
		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 {
        for(var i=9; i>0; i--){
						flashversion = 0;
						try{
								var flash = new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." + i);
								flashversion = i;
								flashinstalled = 2;
								return;
						}
						catch(e){
						}
        }
		}
		
		return flashinstalled;
}
