function news(page) { //v2.0
window.open(page,"NewsWindow","height=650,width=460,top=0,toolbar=no,menubar=yes,location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes");
}

function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
  window.open(theURL,winName,features);
}

function clearText(thefield){
if (thefield.defaultValue==thefield.value)
thefield.value = "";
}



function flashDetect() {
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;
			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";
	
	///alert("flashinstalled="+flashinstalled + "MSDetect" + MSDetect);
	
}

//flashDetect();


// IE flash detection.
function ieFlashDetect() {
	for(var i=7; i>0; i--){
		flashVersion = 0;
		try{
			var flash = new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." + i);
			flashVersion = i;
			return;
		}
		catch(e){
		}
	}
	
	}
	
	
	
	
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Globals
// Major version of Flash required
var requiredMajorVersion = 8;
// Minor version of Flash required
var requiredMinorVersion = 0;
// Minor version of Flash required
var requiredRevision = 0;
// the version of javascript supported
var jsVersion = 1.0;
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// -->


var isIE  = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1) ? true : false;
var isWin = (navigator.appVersion.toLowerCase().indexOf("win") != -1) ? true : false;
var isOpera = (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera") != -1) ? true : false;
jsVersion = 1.1;
// JavaScript helper required to detect Flash Player PlugIn version information
function JSGetSwfVer(i){
	// NS/Opera version >= 3 check for Flash plugin in plugin array
	if (navigator.plugins != null && navigator.plugins.length > 0) {
		if (navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] || navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"]) {
			var swVer2 = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] ? " 2.0" : "";
      		var flashDescription = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash" + swVer2].description;
			descArray = flashDescription.split(" ");
			tempArrayMajor = descArray[2].split(".");
			versionMajor = tempArrayMajor[0];
			versionMinor = tempArrayMajor[1];
			if ( descArray[3] != "" ) {
				tempArrayMinor = descArray[3].split("r");
			} else {
				tempArrayMinor = descArray[4].split("r");
			}
      		versionRevision = tempArrayMinor[1] > 0 ? tempArrayMinor[1] : 0;
            flashVer = versionMajor + "." + versionMinor + "." + versionRevision;
      	} else {
			flashVer = -1;
		}
	}
	// MSN/WebTV 2.6 supports Flash 4
	else if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv/2.6") != -1) flashVer = 4;
	// WebTV 2.5 supports Flash 3
	else if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv/2.5") != -1) flashVer = 3;
	// older WebTV supports Flash 2
	else if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv") != -1) flashVer = 2;
	// Can't detect in all other cases
	else {
		
		flashVer = -1;
	}
	return flashVer;
} 
// When called with reqMajorVer, reqMinorVer, reqRevision returns true if that version or greater is available
function DetectFlashVer(reqMajorVer, reqMinorVer, reqRevision) 
{
 	reqVer = parseFloat(reqMajorVer + "." + reqRevision);
   	// loop backwards through the versions until we find the newest version	
	for (i=25;i>0;i--) {	
		if (isIE && isWin && !isOpera) {
			versionStr = VBGetSwfVer(i);
		} else {
			versionStr = JSGetSwfVer(i);		
		}
		if (versionStr == -1 ) { 
			return false;
		} else if (versionStr != 0) {
			if(isIE && isWin && !isOpera) {
				tempArray         = versionStr.split(" ");
				tempString        = tempArray[1];
				versionArray      = tempString .split(",");				
			} else {
				versionArray      = versionStr.split(".");
			}
			versionMajor      = versionArray[0];
			versionMinor      = versionArray[1];
			versionRevision   = versionArray[2];
			
			versionString     = versionMajor + "." + versionRevision;   // 7.0r24 == 7.24
			versionNum        = parseFloat(versionString);
        	// is the major.revision >= requested major.revision AND the minor version >= requested minor
			if ( (versionMajor > reqMajorVer) && (versionNum >= reqVer) ) {
				return true;
			} else {
				return ((versionNum >= reqVer && versionMinor >= reqMinorVer) ? true : false );	
			}
		}
	}	
}