nereidFadeObjects = new Object();
nereidFadeTimers = new Object();

/* object - image to be faded (actual object, not name);
 * destop - destination transparency level (ie 80, for mostly solid)
 * rate   - time in milliseconds between trasparency changes (best under 100)
 * delta  - amount of change each time (ie 5, for 5% change in transparency)
 */

function nereidFade(object, destOp, rate, delta){
if (!document.all)
return
    if (object != "[object]"){  //do this so I can take a string too
                             setTimeout("nereidFade("+object+","+destOp+","+rate+","+delta+")",0);
                             return;
                             }

    clearTimeout(nereidFadeTimers[object.sourceIndex]);

    diff = destOp-object.filters.alpha.opacity;
    direction = 1;
    if (object.filters.alpha.opacity > destOp){
                                              direction = -1;
                                              }
    delta=Math.min(direction*diff,delta);
    object.filters.alpha.opacity+=direction*delta;

    if (object.filters.alpha.opacity != destOp){
                                               nereidFadeObjects[object.sourceIndex]=object;
                                               nereidFadeTimers[object.sourceIndex]=setTimeout("nereidFade(nereidFadeObjects["+object.sourceIndex+"],"+destOp+","+rate+","+delta+")",rate);
                                               }
                                               }

                                               function MM_displayStatusMsg(msgStr) { //v1.0
                                               status=msgStr;
                                               document.MM_returnValue = true;
                                               }

function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
                            var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
                            var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
                            if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
                            }

function show(datei, name, hoch, breit, oben, links, scroll) {
	                                                     parameter = 'height='+hoch+',width='+breit+',top='+oben+',left='+links+',scrollbars='+scroll;
	                                                     popup = window.open(datei, name, parameter);
	                                                     if (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >=4) { popup.window.focus(); }
                                                             }
function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
                          var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
                          d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
                          if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
                          for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
                          if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
                          }

function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
                             var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
                             }

function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
                            var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
                            var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
                            if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
                            }

function MM_nbGroup(event, grpName) { //v6.0
                                    var i,img,nbArr,args=MM_nbGroup.arguments;
                                    if (event == "init" && args.length > 2) {
                                    if ((img = MM_findObj(args[2])) != null && !img.MM_init) {
                                    img.MM_init = true; img.MM_up = args[3]; img.MM_dn = img.src;
                                    if ((nbArr = document[grpName]) == null) nbArr = document[grpName] = new Array();
                                    nbArr[nbArr.length] = img;
                                    for (i=4; i < args.length-1; i+=2) if ((img = MM_findObj(args[i])) != null) {
                                    if (!img.MM_up) img.MM_up = img.src;
                                    img.src = img.MM_dn = args[i+1];
                                    nbArr[nbArr.length] = img;
                                    } } }
                                    
 else if (event == "over") {
                           document.MM_nbOver = nbArr = new Array();
                           for (i=1; i < args.length-1; i+=3) if ((img = MM_findObj(args[i])) != null) {
                           if (!img.MM_up) img.MM_up = img.src;
                           img.src = (img.MM_dn && args[i+2]) ? args[i+2] : ((args[i+1])? args[i+1] : img.MM_up);
                           nbArr[nbArr.length] = img;
                           }} 
 else if (event == "out" ) {
                           for (i=0; i < document.MM_nbOver.length; i++) {
                           img = document.MM_nbOver[i]; img.src = (img.MM_dn) ? img.MM_dn : img.MM_up; }
                           } 
 else if (event == "down") {
                           nbArr = document[grpName];
                           if (nbArr)
                           for (i=0; i < nbArr.length; i++) { img=nbArr[i]; img.src = img.MM_up; img.MM_dn = 0; }
                           document[grpName] = nbArr = new Array();
                           for (i=2; i < args.length-1; i+=2) if ((img = MM_findObj(args[i])) != null) {
                           if (!img.MM_up) img.MM_up = img.src;
                           img.src = img.MM_dn = (args[i+1])? args[i+1] : img.MM_up;
                           nbArr[nbArr.length] = img;
                           }}}