function checkFlash() {
	var flashInfo = getFlashVersion();
	if (flashInfo["major"] > 6 || (flashInfo["major"] == 6 && flashInfo["build"] >= 65)) {
		
		// create a variable for a quickie reference
		var on = document.getElementById('flashOn');
		var off = document.getElementById('flashOff');
		
		off.innerHTML = "<object classid='clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000' codebase='http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0' width='780' height='200' id='tophead1' align='middle'><param name='allowScriptAccess' value='sameDomain' /><param name='movie' value='../graphics/tophead1.swf' /><param name='quality' value='high' /><param name='bgcolor' value='#ffffff' /><embed src='../graphics/tophead1.swf' quality='high' bgcolor='#ffffff' width='780' height='200' name='tophead1' align='middle' allowScriptAccess='sameDomain' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' /></object>";

	} else {
		//alert("no flash found");
		// we do nothing to id visibility
	}
}

function getFlashVersion() {
	var flashVersion = new Array();
	
	flashVersion["major"] = 0;
	flashVersion["build"] = 0;
	
	if (navigator.plugins && typeof navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"] == "object") {
		var description = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"].description;
		
		if (description != null) {
			var versionString = description.replace(/^.*\s+(\S+\s+\S+$)/, "$1");
			
			flashVersion["major"] = parseInt(versionString.replace(/^(.*)\..*$/, "$1"));
			flashVersion["build"] = parseInt(versionString.replace(/^.*r(.*)$/, "$1"));
		}
	} else if (typeof window.ActiveXObject != "undefined") {
		try {
			var flashObject = new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash");
			var description = flashObject.GetVariable("$version");
			
			if (description != null) {
				var versionNumbers = description.replace(/^\S+\s+(.*)$/, "$1").split(",");
				
				flashVersion["major"] = parseInt(versionNumbers[0]);
				flashVersion["build"] = parseInt(versionNumbers[2]);
			}
		}
		catch(error) {
		}
	}
	
	return flashVersion;
}