//this is neccesary so IE won't ask you to activate the flash control before allowing you to click on it
function showflash(file)
{
    document.write('<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="FP_Animation" align="middle">');
	document.write('<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />');
	document.write('<param name="movie" value="' + file + '" />');
	document.write('<param name="loop" value="true" />');
	document.write('<param name="quality" value="high" />');
	document.write('<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />');
	document.write('<embed src="' + file + '" loop="true" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="' + file + '" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage=" http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object>');
}