var mScroll = 0;

function getFlashMovieObject(movieName)
{
  if (window.document[movieName]) 
  {
      return window.document[movieName];
  }
  if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft Internet")==-1)
  {
    if (document.embeds && document.embeds[movieName])
      return document.embeds[movieName]; 
  }
  else // if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft Internet")!=-1)
  {
    return document.getElementById(movieName);
  }
}

/** This is high-level function.
 * It must react to delta being more/less than zero.
 */
function handle(delta) {
	mScroll += delta * 2;
	oFlash = getFlashMovieObject("swf_movie");
	oFlash.SetVariable("_root.myWheel",mScroll);
}

/** Event handler for mouse wheel event.
 */
function wheel(event){
        var delta = 0;
        if (!event) /* For IE. */
                event = window.event;
        if (event.wheelDelta) { /* IE/Opera. */
                delta = event.wheelDelta/120;
                /** In Opera 9, delta differs in sign as compared to IE.
                 */
                if (window.opera)
                        delta = -delta;
        } else if (event.detail) { /** Mozilla case. */
                /** In Mozilla, sign of delta is different than in IE.
                 * Also, delta is multiple of 3.
                 */
                delta = -event.detail/3;
        }
        /** If delta is nonzero, handle it.
         * Basically, delta is now positive if wheel was scrolled up,
         * and negative, if wheel was scrolled down.
         */
        if (delta)
                handle(delta);
        /** Prevent default actions caused by mouse wheel.
         * That might be ugly, but we handle scrolls somehow
         * anyway, so don't bother here..
         */
        if (event.preventDefault)
                event.preventDefault();
	event.returnValue = false;
}

/** Initialization code. 
 * If you use your own event management code, change it as required.
 */
if (window.addEventListener)
        /** DOMMouseScroll is for mozilla. */
        window.addEventListener('DOMMouseScroll', wheel, false);
/** IE/Opera. */
window.onmousewheel = document.onmousewheel = wheel;