// define pages
flashpage="chicanostudies/";
autodetectpage="noflash.html";
manualdetectpage="noflash.html";

// detect browser
bName = navigator.appName; 
bVer = parseInt(navigator.appVersion);

// assign base variables 
flash = "no" 
flashver = "1.0" 
action = "ns_exec"

// detect plugin for NS flash 3 version 
if (bName=="Netscape") {
if (navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"]) {flashver = "2.0"}
else if(navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"]) {flashver = "3.0"}
if (flashver == "3.0") {flash = "yes";}
// activate if other release comes out
// flashver = navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"].description.substring(16,19);
} else if (bName =="Microsoft Internet Explorer") { action = "ie_exec" }