var mmOpenContainer = null;
var mmOpenMenus = null;
var mmHideMenuTimer = null;
var cont = 0;
var mmTimers = new Array;

function MM_menuStartTimeout(hideTimeout) {
	mmHideMenuTimer = setTimeout("MM_menuHideMenus()", hideTimeout);	
}

function MM_menuHideMenus() {
	MM_menuResetTimeout();
	if(mmOpenContainer) {
		var c = document.getElementById(mmOpenContainer);
		c.style.visibility = "inherit";
		mmOpenContainer = null;
	}
	if( mmOpenMenus ) {
		for(var i in mmOpenMenus) {
			var m = document.getElementById(mmOpenMenus[i]);
			m.style.visibility = "hidden";			
		}
		mmOpenMenus = null;
	}
}

function MM_menuHideSubmenus(menuName) {
	if( mmOpenMenus ) {
		var h = false;
		var c = 0;
		for(var i in mmOpenMenus) {
			if( h ) {
				var m = document.getElementById(mmOpenMenus[i]);
				m.style.visibility = "hidden";
			} else if( mmOpenMenus[i] == menuName ) {
				h = true;
			} else {
				c++;
			}
		}
		mmOpenMenus.length = c+1;
	}
}

function MM_menuOverMenuItem(menuName, subMenuSuffix) {
	MM_menuResetTimeout();
	MM_menuHideSubmenus(menuName);
	if( subMenuSuffix ) {
		var subMenuName = "" + menuName + "_" + subMenuSuffix;
		MM_menuShowSubMenu(subMenuName);
	}
}

function MM_menuShowSubMenu(subMenuName) {
	MM_menuResetTimeout();
	var e = document.getElementById(subMenuName);
	e.style.visibility = "inherit";
	if( !mmOpenMenus ) {
		mmOpenMenus = new Array;
	}
	mmOpenMenus[mmOpenMenus.length] = "" + subMenuName;
}

function MM_menuResetTimeout() {
	if (mmHideMenuTimer) clearTimeout(mmHideMenuTimer);
	mmHideMenuTimer = null;
}

function MM_menuShowMenu(containName, menuName, xOffset, yOffset, triggerName) {
	MM_menuHideMenus();
	MM_menuResetTimeout();
	MM_menuShowMenuContainer(containName, xOffset, yOffset, triggerName);
	MM_menuShowSubMenu(menuName);
}

function MM_menuShowMenuContainer(containName, x, y, triggerName) {	
	var c = document.getElementById(containName);
	var s = c.style;
	s.visibility = "inherit";
	
	mmOpenContainer = "" + containName;
}







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++;
		}
	}
}

//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 + ")";
}

function shiftOpacity(id, millisec) {
	//if an element is invisible, make it visible, else make it ivisible
	if(document.getElementById(id).style.opacity == 0) {
		opacity(id, 0, 100, millisec);
	} else {
		opacity(id, 100, 0, millisec);
	}
}

function blendimage(divid, imageid, imagefile, millisec) {
	var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100);
	var timer = 0;
	for(i = 0; i <= 100; i++) {
		clearTimeout(mmTimers[i]);	
	}
	//set the current image as background
	document.getElementById(divid).style.backgroundImage = "url(" + document.getElementById(imageid).src + ")";
	
	//make image transparent
	changeOpac(0, imageid);
	
	//make new image
	document.getElementById(imageid).src = imagefile;

	//fade in image
	for(i = 0; i <= 100; i++) {
		mmTimers[i]=setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + imageid + "')",(timer * speed));
		timer++;
		
	}
}

function currentOpac(id, opacEnd, millisec) {
	//standard opacity is 100
	var currentOpac = 100;
	
	//if the element has an opacity set, get it
	if(document.getElementById(id).style.opacity < 100) {
		currentOpac = document.getElementById(id).style.opacity * 100;
	}

	//call for the function that changes the opacity
	opacity(id, currentOpac, opacEnd, millisec)
}