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var InternetExplorer = navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1; 
var targetFrame = 0; 
var africa=1;
var antarctica=2;
var asia=3;
var australia=4;
var europe=5;
var namerica=6;
var samerica=7;
// This defines a variable that determines the number of the keyframe that the 
// navigation bar movie advances to. 

function syncframe(frame) { 
// This is an event handler function that co-ordinates the synchronization 
// of the buttons in the navigation bar movie with their corresponding HTML 
// frame documents.

  var buttons = InternetExplorer ? window.navmovie : document.navmovie; 

  // This defines a variable named buttons that references both the 
  // JavaScript function and the HTML document that contains the Flash Player 
  // movie in which the FSCommand that calls this function appears.
  // navmovie is the name for the JavaScript function called by 
  // FSCommand in the Shockwave Flash navigation bar movie. 
  // nav.document is the JavaScript name for navigation.htm, the HTML 
  // document that contains the Flash Player movie.
  
 targetFrame = frame; 
  
   // This sets the keyframe in the navigation bar movie that initially appears 

  // Subtract 1 because keyframes are zero based with GotoFrame 
  if ( buttons != null ) { 
    // If the navigation bar movie has not yet loaded, the keyframe will 
    // get set by the FSCommand handler. This prevents the incorrect display 
    // of button highlighters.
	buttons.GotoFrame(targetFrame);
    // GotoFrame is a Flash JavaScript method that sends the playback head
    // in the navigationbar movie to the correct keyframe.
  } 
} 

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