function showFlash(flaFile, widths, heights, btrans) { 

  var strings = '<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0" width="' + widths + '"  height="' + heights + '"><param name="movie" value="' + flaFile + '"> <param name="menu" value="false"><param name="quality" value="high"> '; 

  if (btrans == 'y') { 
    strings += '<param name="wmode" value="transparent">'; 
  } 

  strings += '<embed src="' + flaFile + '" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="' + widths + '" height="' + heights + '"> </embed> </object>'; 

  document.write(strings); 

  return; 
}