function getSWF(movieName) {
    if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1) {
        return window.document[movieName];
		//window.document.flash.
    }
    else {
      if(document[movieName][1]){
          return document[movieName][1];
      }
          return document[movieName];
    }
}

function turn_all_movies_off(exept) {
	for (i=0; i<total_number_of_movies; i++) {
		if (i!=exept) {
			//alert(getSWF('playback'+i));
			getSWF('playback'+i).SetVariable('stop_flag', 'true');	
		}
	}
	//
}