//Check if the browser is InternetExplorer, and if it supports the getElementById DOM method 
var ie = (document.defaultCharset && document.getElementById && !window.home); 
var opera9 = false; 
if (ie){ 
//Check for ie 5.5 and exclude it from the script 
var ver=navigator.appVersion.split("MSIE") 
ver=parseFloat(ver[1]) 
ie = (ver >=6) 
}else if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")!=-1) { 
//Check for Opera9 and include it in the ObjectSwap 
var versionindex=navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")+6 
if (parseInt(navigator.userAgent.charAt(versionindex))>=9) 
opera9 = true; 
} 
//Perform ObjectSwap if the browser is IE or Opera (if not just check flashVersion) 
var oswap = (ie || opera9) 

//Hide the object to prevent it from loading twice 
if (oswap){ 
document.write ("<style id='hideObject'> object{display:none;} </style>"); 
} 

/*Replace all flash objects on the page with the same flash object, 
by rewriting the outerHTML values 
This bypasses the new IE ActiveX object activation issue*/ 
objectSwap = function(){ 
if (!document.getElementsByTagName){ 
return; 
} 
//An array of ids for flash detection 
var stripQueue = []; 
//Get a list of all ActiveX objects 
var objects = document.getElementsByTagName('object'); 
for (var i=0; i<objects.length; i++){ 
var o = objects[i]; 
var h = o.outerHTML; 
//The outer html omits the param tags, so we must retrieve and insert these separately 
var params = ""; 
var hasFlash = true; 
for (var j = 0; j<o.childNodes.length; j++) { 
var p = o.childNodes[j]; 
if (p.tagName == "PARAM"){ 
//Check for version first - applies to all browsers 
//For this to work, a new param needs to be included in the object with the name "flashVersion" eg: 
//<param name="flashVersion" value="7" /> 
if (p.name == "flashVersion"){ 
hasFlash = detectFlash(p.value); 
if (!hasFlash){ 
//Add the objects id to the list (create a new id if there's isn't one already) 
o.id = (o.id == "") ? ("stripFlash"+i) : o.id; 
stripQueue.push(o.id); 
break; 
} 
} 
params += p.outerHTML; 
} 
} 
if (!hasFlash){ 
continue; 
} 
//Only target internet explorer 
if (!oswap){ 
continue; 
} 
//Avoid specified objects, marked with a "noswap" classname 
if (o.className.toLowerCase().indexOf ("noswap") != -1){ 
continue; 
} 
//Get the tag and attributes part of the outer html of the object 
var tag = h.split(">")[0] + ">"; 
//Add up the various bits that comprise the object: 
//The tag with the attributes, the params and it's inner html 
var newObject = tag + params + o.innerHTML + " </OBJECT>"; 
//And rewrite the outer html of the tag 
o.outerHTML = newObject; 
} 
//Strip flash objects 
if (stripQueue.length) { 
stripFlash(stripQueue) 
} 
//Make the objects visible again 
if (oswap){ 
document.getElementById("hideObject").disabled = true; 
} 
} 

detectFlash = function(version){ 
if(navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins.length){ 
//Non-IE flash detection. 
var plugin = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"]; 
if (plugin == undefined){ 
return false; 
} 
var ver = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"].description.split(" ")[2]; 
return (Number(ver) >= Number(version)) 
} else if (ie && typeof (ActiveXObject) == "function"){ 
//IE flash detection. 
try{ 
var flash = new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." + version); 
return true; 
} 
catch(e){ 
return false; 
} 
} 
//Catchall - skip detection 
return true; 
} 

//Loop through an array of ids to strip 
//Replace the object by a div tag containing the same innerHTML. 
//To display an alternative image, message for the user or a link to the flash installation page, place it inside the object tag. 
//For the usual object/embed pairs it needs to be enclosed in comments to hide from gecko based browsers. 
stripFlash = function (stripQueue){ 
if (!document.createElement){ 
return; 
} 
for (var i=0; i<stripQueue.length; i++){ 
var o = document.getElementById(stripQueue[i]); 
var newHTML = o.innerHTML; 
//Strip the comments 
newHTML = newHTML.replace(/<!--\s/g, ""); 
newHTML = newHTML.replace(/\s-->/g, ""); 
//Neutralise the embed tag 
newHTML = newHTML.replace(/<embed/gi, "<span"); 
//Create a new div element with properties from the object 
var d = document.createElement("div"); 
d.innerHTML = newHTML; 
d.className = o.className; 
d.id = o.id; 
//And swap the object with the new div 
o.parentNode.replaceChild(d, o); 
} 
} 

//Initiate the function without conflicting with the window.onload event of any preceding scripts 
var tempFunc = window.onload; 
window.onload = function(){ 
if (typeof (tempFunc) == "function"){ 
try{ 
tempFunc(); 
} catch(e){} 
} 
objectSwap(); 
}