	var requiredVersion = 4;			// version the user needs to view site (max is 5, min is 2)
	var useRedirect = true; 			// "true" loads new flash or non-flash page into browser
										// "false" embeds movie or alternate html code into current page

	// set next three vars if useRedirect is true...
	var flashPage = "flash.htm"		// the location of the flash movie page
	// seiten für html

	var noFlashPage = "noflash.asp";	// send user here if they don't have the plugin or we can't detect it
	var upgradePage = "noflash.asp";	// send user here if we detect an old plugin
		
	// seiten für flash
	//var noFlashPage2 = "home.asp?flash=1"	// send user here if they don't have the plugin or we can't detect it
	//var upgradePage2 = "home.asp?flash=1"	// send user here if we detect an old plugin

	// system globals
	var flash2Installed = false;		// boolean. true if flash 2 is installed
	var flash3Installed = false;		// boolean. true if flash 3 is installed
	var flash4Installed = false;		// boolean. true if flash 4 is installed
	var flash5Installed = false;		// boolean. true if flash 5 is installed
	var flash6Installed = false;		// boolean. true if flash 5 is installed
	var maxVersion = 6;					// highest version we can actually detect
	var actualVersion = 0;				// version the user really has
	var hasRightVersion = false;		// boolean. true if it's safe to embed the flash movie in the page
	var jsVersion = 1.0;				// the version of javascript supported
	
	// check the browser...we're looking for ie/win
	var isIE = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1) ? true : false;		// true if we're on ie
	var isWin = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Windows") != -1) ? true : false; // true if we're on windows

	// this is a js1.1 code block, so make note that js1.1 is supported.
	jsVersion = 1.1;

	// write vbscript detection if we're not on mac.
	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('</SCR' + 'IPT\> \n');
	}

	if (navigator.plugins){					// does navigator.plugins exist?
		if (navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] 	// yes>> then is Flash 2 
		|| navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"]){		// or flash 3+ installed?

			// set convenient references to flash 2 and the plugin description
			var isVersion2 = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] ? " 2.0" : "";
			var flashDescription = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash" + isVersion2].description;
			// a flash plugin-description looks like this: Shockwave Flash 4.0 r5
			// so we can get the major version by grabbing the character before the period
			// note that we don't bother with minor version detection. do that in your movie with $version
			var flashVersion = parseInt(flashDescription.charAt(flashDescription.indexOf(".") - 1));

			// we know the version, now set appropriate version flags
			flash2Installed = flashVersion == 2;		
			flash3Installed = flashVersion == 3;
			flash4Installed = flashVersion == 4;
			flash5Installed = flashVersion == 5;
			flash6Installed = flashVersion == 6;
		}
	}
	
	// loop through all versions we're checking, and set actualVersion to highest detected version
	for (var i = 2; i <= maxVersion; i++) {	
		if (eval("flash" + i + "Installed") == true) actualVersion = i;
	}
	// if we're on webtv, the version supported is 2 (pre-summer2000, or 3, post-summer2000)
	// note that we don't bother sniffing varieties of webtv. you could if you were sadistic...
	if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("WebTV") != -1) actualVersion = 2;	
	
	// uncomment next line to display flash version during testing
	// alert("version detected: " + actualVersion);
	
	if (actualVersion >= 4)
	{
  		document.write("<OBJECT classid='clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000' codebase='http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=4,0,0,0' WIDTH='488' HEIGHT='330' id='intro' ALIGN=''>");
		document.write("<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE='intro.swf'><PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high><PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#F1EEEE>");
		document.write("<EMBED src='intro.swf' quality=high bgcolor=#F1EEEE WIDTH='488' HEIGHT='330' NAME='intro' ALIGN='' TYPE='application/x-shockwave-flash' PLUGINSPAGE='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer'></EMBED>");
		document.write("</OBJECT>");
	}
	else 
	{
  		document.write("<img src='de/noflash.jpg' border=0>");	
	}
	
	
	

