function isBrowserSupported(showWarning, warningLang) {
         if (navigator.appName == 'Microsoft Internet Explorer') {
             var ua = navigator.userAgent;
             var re = new RegExp("MSIE ([0-9]{1,}[\.0-9]{0,})");
             re.exec(ua);
             bv = parseFloat(RegExp.$1);
             if (bv == 6) {
                 if (showWarning) {
                     writeWarning(warningLang)
                 } else {
                     return false;
                 }
             } else {
                 return true;
             }
         }
     }

     function writeWarning(warningLang) {
         var _beforeMe = document.getElementById('container')
         var _body = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];
         var _div = document.createElement('div');
         var _linkDiv = document.createElement('div');
         var _textDiv = document.createElement('div')
         
         _div.setAttribute('id', 'warningContainer');
         _linkDiv.setAttribute('id', 'closeWindow');
         _textDiv.setAttribute('style', 'text-align:center;padding:2px;');
         _linkDiv.innerHTML = "<a href='javascript:closeWarning();'><img src='images/004SV922-15.gif' alt='Close' style='padding:2px; border:none;'/></a>";
         
         if (warningLang == 'FR') {
             _textDiv.innerHTML = "Please note we no longer support IE6 and some features of this site may not be available";
         } else {
            _textDiv.innerHTML = "This site has been optomized for newer versions of IE. </BR>Please consider upgrading for best results.</br>";
         }

        
          
         var _innerDiv = document.createElement("<div>")
         _innerDiv.setAttribute('style', 'margin:0px auto;');
         var innerList = "";
         innerList = innerList + "<ul id='browserList'>";
         innerList = innerList + "<li><a href='http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html' target='_blank'><img src='images/firefox.jpg' alt='Get Firefox' /></a></li>";
         innerList = innerList + "<li><a href='http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/default.aspx' target='_blank'><img src='images/ie.jpg' alt='Get Explorer 8' /></a></li>";
         innerList = innerList + "<li><a href='http://www.google.;com/chrome' target='_blank'><img src='images/chrome.jpg' alt='Get Google Chrome' /></a></li>";
         innerList = innerList + "<li><a href='http://www.apple.com/safari/download/' target='_blank'><img src='images/safari.jpg' alt='Get Safari' /></a></li>";
         innerList = innerList + "</ul>"
         _innerDiv.innerHTML = innerList;


         _div.appendChild(_linkDiv);
         _div.appendChild(_textDiv);
         _div.appendChild(_innerDiv);
         
         _body.insertBefore(_div, _beforeMe);
     }

     function closeWarning() {
         var _body = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];
         var d = document.getElementById('warningContainer');
         _body.removeChild(d);
     }