var windowsmedia=new Object();

// Set some base values
windowsmedia.installed=false;
windowsmedia.version='0.0'; // Internet Explorer-only

// Check for GeckoActiveXObject and co-inciding Plug-In
var gkoaxwma=false;
if (navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins.length) 
{
 for (x=0; x<navigator.plugins.length; x++)
 {
  if (navigator.plugins[x].name.indexOf('ActiveX') != -1 && window.GeckoActiveXObject)
  {
   gkoaxwma=true; 
   break;
  }
 }
}

// Create an ActiveX/GeckoActiveX constructor
function AXO(id)
{
  var error; var control = null;
  try
  {
    if (window.ActiveXObject && navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Win') != -1) control = new ActiveXObject(id);
    else if (gkoaxwma) control = new GeckoActiveXObject(id);
  }
  catch (error) {}
  return control;
}

if (window.ActiveXObject || gkoaxwma)
{
  try
  {
    oWMP=new AXO('WMPlayer.OCX.7');
    if (oWMP)
    {
      windowsmedia.installed=true;

      // A wierd bug in the Gecko ActiveX plug-in will return
      // undefined at the first call, but the correct value on the second.
      // This "fix" doesn't seem to hurt IE at all.
      parseFloat(oWMP.versionInfo);

      windowsmedia.version=parseFloat(oWMP.versionInfo);
      if (windowsmedia.version.toString().length == 1) windowsmedia.version+='.0';
    }
  }
  catch(e) {}
}
else if (navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins.length)
{
  for (x=0; x<navigator.plugins.length; x++)
  {
    if (navigator.plugins[x].name.indexOf('Windows Media') != -1)
    {
      windowsmedia.installed=true;
      break;
    }
  }
}