var browser = navigator.appName;


//http://brainerror.net/scripts/javascript/blendtrans/
function opacity(id, opacStart, opacEnd, millisec) 
{ 
    //speed for each frame 
    var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100); 
    var timer = 0; 

    //determine the direction for the blending, if start and end are the same nothing happens 
    if(opacStart > opacEnd) { 
        for(i = opacStart; i >= opacEnd; i--) { 
            setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed)); 
            timer++; 
        } 
    } else if(opacStart < opacEnd) { 
        for(i = opacStart; i <= opacEnd; i++) 
            { 
            setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed)); 
            timer++; 
        } 
    } 
} 

function blendimage(divid, imageid, imagefile, millisec) 
{ 
    var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100); 
    var timer = 0; 
    
    //set the current image as background 
    document.getElementById(divid).style.backgroundImage = "url(" + document.getElementById(imageid).src + ")"; 
    
    //make image transparent
    //There is a flicker here that I just can't get rid of. 
    changeOpac(0, imageid); 
     
    //now replace with the new image 
    document.getElementById(imageid).src = imagefile; 
        
    //and fade the new one in
    for(i = 0; i <= 100; i++) { 
        setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + imageid + "')",(timer * speed)); 
        timer++;    
    }
}

//change the opacity for different browsers 
function changeOpac(opacity, id) 
{ 
    var object = document.getElementById(id).style; 
    object.opacity = (opacity / 100); 
    object.MozOpacity = (opacity / 100); 
    object.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 100); 
    object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")"; 
}


//This will get either form values or querystring values in javascript
function querystringGetField(getField)
{
    var theField = getField.toUpperCase()
    var inpt=location.search.substring(1);
    var dataName = new Array(10);
    var dataValue = new Array(10);
    var formData = inpt.split('&');
    for(var i = 0; i<formData.length; i++)
    {
        var middle = formData[i].indexOf('=');
        if (middle == -1)
	        continue;
	        dataName[i] = formData[i].substring(0,middle);
	        var dval = formData[i].substring(middle+1);
	        dataValue[i] = unescape(dval);
	        var dataNameTest = dataName[i].toUpperCase()
	        if (dataNameTest == theField)
	        {
		        return dataValue[i]
	        }
    }
    return ""
} 

/***********************************************
* Bookmark site script- © Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/
/* Modified to support Opera */
function bookmarksite(title,url)
{
    if (window.sidebar) // firefox
	    window.sidebar.addPanel(title, url, "");
    else if(window.opera && window.print){ // opera
	    var elem = document.createElement('a');
	    elem.setAttribute('href',url);
	    elem.setAttribute('title',title);
	    elem.setAttribute('rel','sidebar');
	    elem.click();
    } 
    else if(document.all)// ie
	    window.external.AddFavorite(url, title);
}