var FlashReplace = {
        elmToReplace : null,
        flashIsInstalled : null,
        defaultFlashVersion : 8,
        replace : function (elmToReplace, src, id, width, height, version, params){
                this.elmToReplace = document.getElementById(elmToReplace);
                this.flashIsInstalled = this.checkForFlash(version || this.defaultFlashVersion);
                if(this.elmToReplace && this.flashIsInstalled){
                        var obj = '<object' + ((window.ActiveXObject)? ' id="' + id + '" clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" data="' + src + '"' : '');
                        obj += ' width="' + width + '"';
                        obj += ' height="' + height + '"';
                        obj += '>';
                        var param = '<param';
                        param += ' name="base"';
                        param += ' value="' + src + '"';
                        param += '>';
                        param += '';
                        var extraParams = '';
                        var extraAttributes = '';
                        for(var i in params){
                                extraParams += '<param name="' + i + '" value="' + params[i] + '">';
                                extraAttributes += ' ' + i + '="' + params[i] + '"';
                        }
                        var embed = '<embed id="' + id + '" src="' + src + '" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="' + width + '" height="' + height + '"';
                        var embedEnd = extraAttributes + '></embed>';
                        var objEnd = '</object>';
                        this.elmToReplace.innerHTML = obj + param + extraParams + embed + embedEnd + objEnd;                    
                }
        },
        
        checkForFlash : function (version){
                this.flashIsInstalled = false;
                var flash;
                if(window.ActiveXObject){
                        try{
                                flash = new ActiveXObject(("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." + version));
                                this.flashIsInstalled = true;
                        }
                        catch(e){
                                // Throws an error if the version isn't available                       
                        }
                }
                else if(navigator.plugins && navigator.mimeTypes.length > 0){
                        flash = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"];
                        if(flash){
                                var flashVersion = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"].description.replace(/.*\s(\d+\.\d+).*/, "$1");
                                if(flashVersion >= version){
                                        this.flashIsInstalled = true;
                                }
                        }
                }
                return this.flashIsInstalled;
        }
};