function writeFlash(movie, params, bgColor, width, height) {
    // start flash movie
    flashStr = "";
    flashStr += '<object id="flashMovie" width="' + width + '" height="' + height + '"  ';
    flashStr += 'classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"  ';
    flashStr += 'codebase="https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0">  ';
    flashStr += '<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"> ';
    flashStr += '<param name="movie" value="' + movie + '">  ';
    flashStr += '<param name="flashvars" value="' + params + '">  ';
    flashStr += '<param name="quality" value="high">  ';
    flashStr += '<param name="menu" value="false">  ';
    flashStr += '<param name="scale" value="noscale">  ';
    flashStr += '<param name="bgcolor" value="' + bgColor + '">  ';
    flashStr += '<embed src="' + movie + '"  ';
    flashStr += '  swLiveConnect=true ';
    flashStr += '  flashvars="' + params + '"  ';
    flashStr += '  name="flashMovie"  ';
    flashStr += '  quality="high"  ';
    flashStr += '  allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" ';
    flashStr += '  menu="false"  ';
    flashStr += '  type="application/x-shockwave-flash"  ';
    flashStr += '  width="' + width + '"  ';
    flashStr += '  height="' + height + '"  ';
    flashStr += '  bgcolor="' + bgColor + '"  ';
    flashStr += '  align="left"  ';   // ! sonst bleibt bei firefox immer ein scrollbar
    flashStr += '  scale="noscale"  ';
    flashStr += '  pluginspage="https://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">  ';
    flashStr += '</embed>  ';
    flashStr += '</object>';
    document.write(flashStr);
}