function displayFlashWarning()
{
	if (flashversion < 8)
	{
		var sHTML = "<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #c03; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:25px;\">You need Macromedia Flash 8</p>";
		sHTML += "<p>Ellis courses require Macromedia&trade; Flash 8 plug-in.";
		sHTML += " You must <a href=\"http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer/\">install Flash 8 or later</a> on this computer in order to see a link to your course.</p>"; 

		if (document.getElementById("courses"))
		{
		document.getElementById("courses").innerHTML = sHTML;
		document.getElementById("courses").style.visibility = "visible";
		}
	}
	else
	{
		if (document.getElementById("courses"))
		{
			document.getElementById("courses").style.visibility = "visible";
		}
	}
}


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;
			var endIndex = y.indexOf('.');
      var subs = y.substring(0, endIndex);
      var startIndex = subs.lastIndexOf(' ');
      //alert(y + "|" + endIndex + "|"  + startIndex);
      flashversion = y.substring(startIndex+1, endIndex);
			//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
	MSDetect = "true";