var agt=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
    var appVer = navigator.appVersion.toLowerCase();
    // *** BROWSER VERSION ***
    var is_minor = parseFloat(appVer);
    var is_major = parseInt(is_minor);
    var is_opera = (agt.indexOf("opera") != -1);
    var is_opera2 = (agt.indexOf("opera 2") != -1 || agt.indexOf("opera/2") != -1);
    var is_opera3 = (agt.indexOf("opera 3") != -1 || agt.indexOf("opera/3") != -1);
    var is_opera4 = (agt.indexOf("opera 4") != -1 || agt.indexOf("opera/4") != -1);
    var is_opera5 = (agt.indexOf("opera 5") != -1 || agt.indexOf("opera/5") != -1);
    var is_opera6 = (agt.indexOf("opera 6") != -1 || agt.indexOf("opera/6") != -1); // new 020128- abk
    var is_opera7 = (agt.indexOf("opera 7") != -1 || agt.indexOf("opera/7") != -1); // new 021205- dmr
    var is_opera5up = (is_opera && !is_opera2 && !is_opera3 && !is_opera4);
    var is_opera6up = (is_opera && !is_opera2 && !is_opera3 && !is_opera4 && !is_opera5); // new020128
    var is_opera7up = (is_opera && !is_opera2 && !is_opera3 && !is_opera4 && !is_opera5 && !is_opera6); // new021205 -- dmr

    var iePos  = appVer.indexOf('msie');
    if (iePos !=-1) {
       is_minor = parseFloat(appVer.substring(iePos+5,appVer.indexOf(';',iePos)));  //added missing ; - 030617 - bdn
       is_major = parseInt(is_minor);
    }
    var is_getElementById   = (document.getElementById) ? "true" : "false";
    var is_getElementsByTagName = (document.getElementsByTagName) ? "true" : "false";
    var is_documentElement = (document.documentElement) ? "true" : "false";
    var is_safari = ((agt.indexOf('safari')!=-1)&&(agt.indexOf('mac')!=-1))?true:false;
//    var is_khtml  = (is_safari || is_konq);
    var is_gecko = ((navigator.product)&&(navigator.product.toLowerCase()=="gecko"))?true:false;
    var is_gver  = 0;
    if (is_gecko) is_gver=navigator.productSub;
    var is_moz   = ((agt.indexOf('mozilla/5')!=-1) && (agt.indexOf('spoofer')==-1) &&
                    (agt.indexOf('compatible')==-1) && (agt.indexOf('opera')==-1)  &&
                    (agt.indexOf('webtv')==-1) && (agt.indexOf('hotjava')==-1)     &&
                    (is_gecko) && 
                    ((navigator.vendor=="")||(navigator.vendor=="Mozilla")));
    if (is_moz) {
       var is_moz_ver = (navigator.vendorSub)?navigator.vendorSub:0;
       if(!(is_moz_ver)) {
           is_moz_ver = agt.indexOf('rv:');
           is_moz_ver = agt.substring(is_moz_ver+3);
           is_paren   = is_moz_ver.indexOf(')');
           is_moz_ver = is_moz_ver.substring(0,is_paren);
       }
       is_minor = is_moz_ver;
       is_major = parseInt(is_moz_ver);
    }
    var is_nav  = ((agt.indexOf('mozilla')!=-1) && (agt.indexOf('spoofer')==-1)
                && (agt.indexOf('compatible') == -1) && (agt.indexOf('opera')==-1)
                && (agt.indexOf('webtv')==-1) && (agt.indexOf('hotjava')==-1)
                && (!(is_moz)));
    if ((navigator.vendor)&&
        ((navigator.vendor=="Netscape6")||(navigator.vendor=="Netscape"))&&
        (is_nav)) {
       is_major = parseInt(navigator.vendorSub);
       is_minor = parseFloat(navigator.vendorSub);
    }
    var is_nav2 = (is_nav && (is_major == 2));
    var is_nav3 = (is_nav && (is_major == 3));
    var is_nav4 = (is_nav && (is_major == 4));
    var is_nav4up = (is_nav && is_minor >= 4);  // changed to is_minor for
                                                // consistency - dmr, 011001
    var is_navonly      = (is_nav && ((agt.indexOf(";nav") != -1) ||
                          (agt.indexOf("; nav") != -1)) );

    var is_nav6   = (is_nav && is_major==6);    // new 010118 mhp
    var is_nav6up = (is_nav && is_minor >= 6); // new 010118 mhp, added missing ; - 030617 - bdn

    var is_nav5   = (is_nav && is_major == 5 && !is_nav6); // checked for ns6
    var is_nav5up = (is_nav && is_minor >= 5);


    var is_ie   = ((iePos!=-1) && (!is_opera));
    var is_ie4   = (is_ie && is_major == 4);
    var is_ie4up = (is_ie && is_minor >= 4);
    var is_ie5   = (is_ie && is_major == 5);
    var is_ie5up = (is_ie && is_minor >= 5);
    var is_ie5_5  = (is_ie && (agt.indexOf("msie 5.5") !=-1)); // 020128 new - abk
    var is_ie5_5up =(is_ie && is_minor >= 5.5);                // 020128 new - abk
    var is_ie6   = (is_ie && is_major == 6);
    var is_ie6up = (is_ie && is_minor >= 6);
    var is_aol   = (agt.indexOf("aol") != -1);
    var is_webtv = (agt.indexOf("webtv") != -1);
    var is_hotjava = (agt.indexOf("hotjava") != -1);

    // *** PLATFORM ***
    var is_win   = ( (agt.indexOf("win")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("16bit")!=-1) );
    var is_win95 = ((agt.indexOf("win95")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("windows 95")!=-1));
    var is_win16 = ((agt.indexOf("win16")!=-1) ||
               (agt.indexOf("16bit")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("windows 3.1")!=-1) ||
               (agt.indexOf("windows 16-bit")!=-1) );
    var is_win31 = ((agt.indexOf("windows 3.1")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("win16")!=-1) ||
                    (agt.indexOf("windows 16-bit")!=-1));
    var is_winme = ((agt.indexOf("win 9x 4.90")!=-1));    // new 020128 - abk
    var is_win2k = ((agt.indexOf("windows nt 5.0")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("windows 2000")!=-1)); // 020214 - dmr
    var is_winxp = ((agt.indexOf("windows nt 5.1")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("windows xp")!=-1)); // 020214 - dmr
    var is_win98 = ((agt.indexOf("win98")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("windows 98")!=-1));
    var is_winnt = ((agt.indexOf("winnt")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("windows nt")!=-1));
    var is_win32 = (is_win95 || is_winnt || is_win98 ||
                    ((is_major >= 4) && (navigator.platform == "Win32")) ||
                    (agt.indexOf("win32")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("32bit")!=-1));
    var is_os2   = ((agt.indexOf("os/2")!=-1) ||
                    (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("OS/2")!=-1) ||
                    (agt.indexOf("ibm-webexplorer")!=-1));
    var is_mac    = (agt.indexOf("mac")!=-1);
    if (is_mac) { is_win = !is_mac; } // dmr - 06/20/2002
    var is_mac68k = (is_mac && ((agt.indexOf("68k")!=-1) ||
                               (agt.indexOf("68000")!=-1)));
    var is_macppc = (is_mac && ((agt.indexOf("ppc")!=-1) ||
                                (agt.indexOf("powerpc")!=-1)));
    var is_sun   = (agt.indexOf("sunos")!=-1);
    var is_irix  = (agt.indexOf("irix") !=-1);    // SGI
    var is_hpux  = (agt.indexOf("hp-ux")!=-1);
    var is_aix   = (agt.indexOf("aix") !=-1);      // IBM
    var is_linux = (agt.indexOf("inux")!=-1);

    var is_option = (window.Option) ? "true":"false";
    var is_all = (document.all) ? "true":"false";
    var is_images = (document.images) ? "true":"false";
    var is_layers = (document.layers) ? "true":"false"; // gecko m7 bug?
    var is_forms = (document.forms) ? "true" : "false";
    var is_links = (document.links) ? "true" : "false";
    var is_frames = (window.frames) ? "true" : "false";
    var is_java = (navigator.javaEnabled());

   var is_Flash        = false;
   var is_FlashVersion = 0;
   if ((is_nav||is_opera||is_moz)||(is_mac&&is_ie5up)) {  
                                                 
      var plugin = (navigator.mimeTypes && 
                    navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"] &&
                    navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"].enabledPlugin) ?
                    navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"].enabledPlugin : 0;
      if (plugin) {
         is_Flash = true;
         is_FlashVersion = parseInt(plugin.description.substring(plugin.description.indexOf(".")-1));
      }
   }

   if (is_win&&is_ie4up)
   {
      document.write(
         '<scr' + 'ipt language=VBScript>' + '\n' +
         'Dim hasPlayer, playerversion' + '\n' +
         'hasPlayer = false' + '\n' +
         'playerversion = 10' + '\n' +
         'Do While playerversion > 0' + '\n' +
            'On Error Resume Next' + '\n' +
            'hasPlayer = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." & playerversion)))' + '\n' +
            'If hasPlayer = true Then Exit Do' + '\n' +
            'playerversion = playerversion - 1' + '\n' +
         'Loop' + '\n' +
         'is_FlashVersion = playerversion' + '\n' +
         'is_Flash = hasPlayer' + '\n' +
         '<\/sc' + 'ript>'
      );
   }
function testR(){
  if(is_ie5up || is_opera5up || is_nav5up){
  return true;
  }else{
  return false;
  }
}