function load_h2swf(){
  
  $.extend($.fn, {
 		h2swf: function (options) {

 			var defaults = {
 				debug : 0,
 				divider : '|',
 				width : null, // add checking if this is not set
 				height : null, // add checking if this is not set
 				swf : "../flash/header.swf",
 				wmode : "transparent",
 				color : 'ffffff',
 				background_color : '000000',
 				alpha : .5,
 				blocking : [0, 0, 0, 0],
 				tracking : 0,
 				leading : 0,
 				pad_asc : null, // not yet implemented
 				pad_desc : 0,
 				sharpness : 0, // -400 to 400
 				thickness : 0, // -200 to 200
 				wordwrap : true, // wraps text if wider than 'width'
 				prevent_widow : false, // tries to prevent a single word on the last line.
 				width_threshold : 3, // // adjusts blocking width if line width difference < width_threshold
 				on_ready_callback : function(){ }
 			};

 			options = $.extend(defaults, options);

 			return this.each(function () {

 				var el = $(this);
 				var source = el.hasClass('h2swf') ? el.find('span').html() : el.html();

 				// read text inside the element.
 				var text = source.replace(/\<br\>/g, '<BR>').split('<BR>');

 				// append the text to span inside the el
 				el.html('<span>'+source+'</span>');

 				el.addClass('h2swf');

 				// trim whitespace on all pieces
 				for(var i = 0; i < text.length; i++){
 					text[i] = text[i].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
 				}

 				// swap row breaks with divider
 				text = text.join('|');

 				// attach a id to the element.
 				var id = 'h2swf'+$.h2swf_id_counter++;

 				// append our new flash container inside
 				el.append('<div id="'+id+'"></div>');
 				var container = $('#'+id);

 				// make the element a block element.
 				container.css('display', 'block');

 				// calculate height and set it to the element.
 				if(typeof(options.width) == 'number') {
 					container.css('width', options.width);
 					max_width = parseInt(options.width);
 				}else if(options.wordwrap){
 					var n = parseInt(el.css('width'));
 					max_width = !n ? el.get(0).offsetWidth : n;
 					container.css('width', max_width);
 				}else{
 					max_width = 0;
 				}

 				if(options.height != 'callback' && options.width != null){
 					container.css('height', options.height || el.css('height'));
 				};

 				// create swf object and set it's flashvars and params.
 				var params = {
 					wmode: options.wmode
 				};

 				var attributes = {
 					id: id
 				};

 				// store down settings for this instance
 				// so we can pick it backup from the callback from Flash.
 				$.h2swf_callbacks[id] = {
 					callback : options.on_ready_callback,
 					options: options
 				};

 				var flashvars = {
 					id : id,
 					debug : options.debug  ? 1:0,
 					render_txt : escape(escape(text)),
 					color : options.color ? options.color :  CSSColorToHex(el.css('color')),
 					background_color : options.background_color ? options.background_color :  CSSColorToHex(el.css('background-color')),
 					alpha : options.alpha,
 					line_height : options.line_height,
 					font_size : options.font_size,
 					tracking : options.tracking,
 					leading : options.leading,
 					blocking : options.blocking.join('|'),
 					pad_asc : options.pad_asc,
 					pad_desc : options.pad_desc,
 					sharpness : options.sharpness,
 					thickness : options.thickness,
 					callback : "jQuery.h2swf_callback",
 					wordwrap : options.wordwrap ? 1:0,
 					max_width : max_width,
 					prevent_widow : options.prevent_widow ? 1:0,
 					width_threshold : options.width_threshold
 				};

 				el.find('span').hide(); // hide real text. We might want to do this in a more accessible way here.    
 				el.find('object').remove(); // remove old h2swf's TODO: check for last id here instead of all object tags?
 				el.css('background', 'none');
 				swfobject.embedSWF(options.swf, id, 536, parseInt(container.css('height')) || 1, "9.0.0", "expressInstall.swf", flashvars, params, attributes);

 			});      
 		}
 	});

 	// utility functions
 	var CSSColorToHex = function (css_str) { var a = css_str.replace(new RegExp(/[^0-9+,]/g), '').split(','); return RGBtoHex(a[0], a[1], a[2]); };
 	var RGBtoHex = function (R,G,B) { return toHex(R)+toHex(G)+toHex(B); };
 	var toHex = function (N) { if (N==null) return "00"; N=parseInt(N); if (N==0 || isNaN(N)) return "00"; N=Math.max(0,N); N=Math.min(N,255); N=Math.round(N); return "0123456789ABCDEF".charAt((N-N%16)/16) + "0123456789ABCDEF".charAt(N%16); };	

 	$.h2swf_id_counter = 0;
 	$.h2swf_callbacks = [];
 	$.h2swf_callback = function (id, width, height) {
 		var settings = $.h2swf_callbacks[id];
 		settings.callback(id, width, height);
 		if(settings.options.width == 'callback'){
 			$('#'+id).css('width', parseInt(width));
 			$('#'+id).attr('width', parseInt(width));
 		}
 		if(settings.options.height == 'callback'){
 			$('#'+id).css('height', parseInt(height));
 			$('#'+id).attr('height', parseInt(height));
 		}
 	};               
}