//check for Flash Player 7
//check the navigator.plugins array exists, IE for Windows will fail on this.
if(navigator.plugins.length)
{
//some variables
//a counter
var i;
var xhtmlContent = "<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0\" width=\"580\" height=\"580\" id=\"ntm\" align=\"middle\"><embed src=\"ntm.swf?1\" quality=\"high\" pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"580\" height=\"580\" menu=\"false\" BGCOLOR=\"#000000\" name=\"ntm\"></embed></object>";

var alternateContent = '<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="580" height="580" bgcolor="#0000000"><tr><td bgcolor="#0000000" align="center" width="580" height="580"><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/jp/shockwave/download/?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&Lang=Japanese" target="_blank"><img src="im/getplayer.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table>';
//loop through all the plugins installed
for (i=0; i < navigator.plugins.length; i++)
{
//put the plugin string in a variable
var pluginIdent = navigator.plugins[i].description.split(" ");
//The Flash Player identification string is ([] = the array index) [0]Shockwave [1]Flash [2]7.0 [3]r19


//if less than Flash Player 7 is detected, run this code.
if(pluginIdent[0] == "Shockwave" && pluginIdent[1] == "Flash")
{
//set a toggle to show that some sort of Flash Player (of versions 1-6) was found
var isSwfEnabled = true;

//an array of the Flash version number (major.minor)
var versionArray = pluginIdent[2].split(".");

if(versionArray[0] < 7)
{
//show alternate content
document.write(alternateContent);
}
else
{
//Flash Player 7 or greater has been found, roll out the <object> tag.
document.write(xhtmlContent);
}

//need to break this loop as some browsers may have two versions installed
//eg my Firebird release has r19 and r24 installed!
break;

}//end if pluginIdent


}//end for


//check if no Shockwave Flash was detected in the array (no Flash Player installed)
if(!isSwfEnabled)
{
document.write(alternateContent);
}//end if

}