var currentParent;
	var currentMenu;
	var menuToHide;
	var fadestep;
	var cleared = true;
	var browserdetect;
	
	
	function Pos(thisitem)
	{
		if(typeof(thisitem) != 'object') {thisitem = document.getElementById(thisitem);}
		var ww = thisitem.offsetWidth, hh = thisitem.offsetHeight;
		for (var xx = 127,yy = -38; thisitem != null; xx += thisitem.offsetLeft,yy += thisitem.offsetTop,thisitem = thisitem.offsetParent);
		return {Left:xx, Top:yy, Right:xx + ww, Bottom:yy + hh}
	}
	
	
	function ShowMenu(thisitem, menu)
	{
		cleared = false
		currentParent = thisitem;
		if(typeof(menu) != 'object')
			{menu = document.getElementById(menu);}
		if(currentMenu == menu)
			{
				if (!cleared) clearInterval(fadestep);
				currentMenu = null;
			}
		else if(currentMenu != null)
			{
				InstantHide(currentMenu);
				if (!cleared) clearInterval(fadestep);
				currentMenu = null;
			}
		currentMenu = menu;
		browserdetect=menu.filters? "ie" : typeof(menu.style.MozOpacity) == "string" ? "mz" : ""
		if (browserdetect == "ie")
			{currentMenu.filters.alpha.opacity = 100}
		else if (browserdetect == "mz")
			{currentMenu.style.MozOpacity = 1}
		currentMenu.style.left = Pos(currentParent).Left;
		currentMenu.style.top = Pos(currentParent).Bottom;
		currentMenu.style.visibility = 'visible';
	}
	
	
	function HoldMenu()
	{
		ShowMenu(currentParent, currentMenu);
	}
	
	
	function HideMenu(hideMenu)
	{
		if(typeof(hideMenu) != 'object')
			{hideMenu = document.getElementById(hideMenu);}
		if(menuToHide != hideMenu && menuToHide != null)
			{InstantHide(menuToHide);}
		menuToHide = hideMenu;
		FadeMenu();
	}
	
	function FadeMenu()
	{
		fadestep=setInterval("FadeLevel()",60)
	}
	
	function FadeLevel()
	{
		if (browserdetect == "ie")
			{menuToHide.filters.alpha.opacity-=5}
		else if (browserdetect == "mz")
			{menuToHide.style.MozOpacity-=.1}
		else
			{menuToHide.style.visibility = 'hidden';}
			
		if ((menuToHide.style.MozOpacity == 0.0)||(menuToHide.filters.alpha.opacity == 0))
			{
				InstantHide(menuToHide);
				menuToHide = null;
			}
	}
	
	function InstantHide(iHideMenu) {
		clearInterval(fadestep);
		cleared=true
		iHideMenu.style.visibility = 'hidden';
	}
		
function simplePreload()

{ 

  var args = simplePreload.arguments;

  document.imageArray = new Array(args.length);

  for(var i=0; i<args.length; i++)

  {

    document.imageArray[i] = new Image;

    document.imageArray[i].src = args[i];

  }

}