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 sdisplay(id, disp){
	document.getElementById(id).style.display = disp;
}
setTimeout("sdisplay('"+id+"', 'none')", millisec+1);
function shiftOpacity(id, millisec) {
	//if an element is invisible, make it visible, else make it invisible
	var browserName=navigator.appName; 
 if (browserName!="Microsoft Internet Explorer")
 {
	if(document.getElementById(id).style.opacity == 0) {
		opacity(id, 0, 100, millisec);
	} else {
		opacity(id, 100, 0, millisec);
	}
 }
	if(document.getElementById(id).style.display != 'block') {
		document.getElementById(id).style.display = 'block';
	}
	else {
		if (browserName!="Microsoft Internet Explorer"){
		setTimeout("sdisplay('"+id+"', 'none')", millisec);
		}
		else {
			document.getElementById(id).style.display = 'none';
		}
	}
}

 function selectReplacement(obj) {
      // append a class to the select
      obj.className += ' replaced';
      // create list for styling
      var ul = document.createElement('ul');
      ul.className = 'selectReplacement';
      var opts = obj.options;
      for (var i=0; i<opts.length; i++) {
        var selectedOpt;
        if (opts[i].selected) {
          selectedOpt = i;
          break;
        } else {
          selectedOpt = 0;
        }
      }
      for (var i=0; i<opts.length; i++) {
        var li = document.createElement('li');
        var txt = document.createTextNode(opts[i].text);
        li.appendChild(txt);
        li.selIndex = opts[i].index;
        li.selectID = obj.id;
        li.onclick = function() {
          selectMe(this);
        }
        if (i == selectedOpt) {
          li.className = 'selected';
          li.onclick = function() {
            this.parentNode.className += ' selectOpen';
            this.onclick = function() {
              selectMe(this);
            }
          }
        }
        if (window.attachEvent) {
          li.onmouseover = function() {
            this.className += ' hover';
          }
          li.onmouseout = function() {
            this.className = 
              this.className.replace(new RegExp(" hover\\b"), '');
          }
        }
        ul.appendChild(li);
      }
      // add the input and the ul
      obj.parentNode.appendChild(ul);
    }
    function selectMe(obj) {
      var lis = obj.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('li');
      for (var i=0; i<lis.length; i++) {
        if (lis[i] != obj) { // not the selected list item
          lis[i].className='';
          lis[i].onclick = function() {
            selectMe(this);
          }
       } else {
          setVal(obj.selectID, obj.selIndex);
          obj.className='selected';
          obj.parentNode.className = 
            obj.parentNode.className.replace(new RegExp(" selectOpen\\b"), '');
          obj.onclick = function() {
            obj.parentNode.className += ' selectOpen';
            this.onclick = function() {
              selectMe(this);
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
    function setVal(objID, selIndex) {
      var obj = document.getElementById(objID);
      obj.selectedIndex = selIndex;
    }
    function setForm() {
      var s = document.getElementsByTagName('select');
      for (var i=0; i<s.length; i++) {
        selectReplacement(s[i]);
      }
    }
    function closeSel(obj) {
      // close the ul
    }
    window.onload = function() {
      (document.all && !window.print) ? null : setForm();
    }