function runFlash(altContent) {
	try {
		var banner = document.getElementById('block_topbanner');
		var hasRightVersion = DetectFlashVer(requiredMajorVersion, requiredMinorVersion, requiredRevision);
		if(hasRightVersion) {  // if we've detected an acceptable version
			var oeTags = '<div id="block_flashbanner"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"'
				+ 'width="560" height="222" align="left"'
				+ 'codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab">'
				+ '<param name="movie" value="' + fbsiteroot() + '/flash/banner.swf" /><param name="loop" value="false" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="scale" value="exactfit" /><param name="salign" value="lt" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />'
				+ '<embed src="' + fbsiteroot() + '/flash/banner.swf" loop="false" menu="false" quality="high" scale="exactfit" salign="lt" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" '
				+ 'width="560" height="222" name="banner" align="left"'
				+ 'play="true"'
				+ 'loop="false"'
				+ 'quality="high"'
				+ 'allowScriptAccess="sameDomain"'
				+ 'type="application/x-shockwave-flash"'
				+ 'pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">'
				+ '<\/embed>'
				+ '<\/object></div>';
				banner.innerHTML = oeTags;
				//document.write(oeTags);// embed the flash movie
				return true;
			
		} else {
			banner.innerHTML = altContent;
			return false;
		}
	}
	catch (e) {
		//alert(e);
		document.write(altContent);
		return false;
	}
}