// Source:  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++; 
        }
    }
}

//change the opacity for different browsers 
function changeOpac(opacity, id) {
    var object = parent.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(parent.document.getElementById(id).style.opacity == 0) { 
        opacity(id, 0, 100, millisec); 
    } else { 
        opacity(id, 100, 0, millisec); 
    } 
}

function currentOpacity(id)
{
	return parent.document.getElementById(id).style.opacity;
}

function addLoadEvent(func)
{
	var oldonload = window.onload;
	if (typeof window.onload != 'function')
	{
		window.onload = func;
	}
	else
	{
		window.onload = function()
		{
			if (oldonload)
			{
				oldonload();
			}
			func();
		}
	}
}