/* define variables for "if n4 (Netscape 4), if IE (IE 4.x), 
and if n6 (if Netscape 6/W3C-DOM compliant)" */

var n4, ie, n6;

/* detecting browser support for certain key objects/methods and 
assembling a custom document object */


var doc,doc2,doc3,sty;

if (document.layers) {
  doc = "document.";
  doc2 = ".document.";
  doc3 = "";
  sty = "";
  n4 = true;
  }
else if (document.all) {
  doc = "document.all.";
  doc2 = "";
  doc3 = "";
  sty = ".style";
  ie = true;
}

else if (document.getElementById) {
  doc = "document.getElementById('";
  doc2 ="')";
  doc3 ="')";
  sty = "').style";
  n6 = "true";
 } 


// show or hide DIV element
function showhide(divname,state) {
if (n4) {
divObj = eval (doc + divname);
 }
else {
divObj = eval (doc + divname + sty);
}
divObj.visibility = state;
}


// variables that hold the value of the currently active (open) menu
var active_submenu1 = null;
var active_submenu2 = null;
var active_menuelem = null;
var active_topelem = null;

// function closes all active menus and turns back to 'off' state
function closeallmenus() {
if(active_submenu1 != null) {
  showhide(active_submenu1,'hidden');
  }
if(active_submenu2 != null) {
  showhide(active_submenu2,'hidden');
  }
if(active_menuelem != null) {
  changecolor(active_menuelem,offcolor);
  }
if(active_topelem != null) {
  onoff('mainmenu',active_topelem,'off');
  }
}

// the menu close timeout variable
var menu_close_timeout = 0;

// delay in miliseconds until the open menus are closed
var delay = 000;

// function calls the closeallmenus() function after a delay
function closeall() {
menu_close_timeout = setTimeout('closeallmenus()',delay);
}

// stop all timeout functions (stops menus from closing)
function stopall() {
clearTimeout(menu_close_timeout);
}

// function controls submenus 
function controlsubmenu(submenu1,submenu2,menuelem,topelem) {
stopall();
closeallmenus();
if (submenu1 != null) {
  showhide(submenu1,'visible');
  active_submenu1 = submenu1;
  }
if (submenu2 != null) {
 showhide(submenu2,'visible');
 active_submenu2 = submenu2;
  }
if (menuelem != null) {
 changecolor(menuelem,oncolor);
 active_menuelem = menuelem;
 }
if (topelem != null) {
 onoff('mainmenu',topelem,'on');
 active_topelem = topelem;
 }
}

function initialize() {
closeallmenus();
stopall();
}