function bar(url)
{
  wasOpen  = false;
  win = window.open(url);    
  return (typeof(win)=='object')?true:false;
}

function ShowElement(id)
{
  document.getElementById(id).style.display = "block";
}
function HideElement(id)
{
  document.getElementById(id).style.display = "none";
}

function ShowHide(id)
{
  if (document.getElementById(id).style.display == "block")
  {
    document.getElementById(id).style.display = "none";
  }
  else
  {
    document.getElementById(id).style.display = "block";
  }
}

function getColor(id, src) 
{  
  var obj = document.getElementById(id);
  if (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer")
  {
    obj.style.filter="blendTrans(duration=1)";
    obj.filters.blendTrans.Apply();       
    obj.filters.blendTrans.Play();
    obj.src = src;
  }
  else 
  {
    obj.src = src;
  }
}

function getBW(id, src) 
{  
  var obj = document.getElementById(id);
  if (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer")
  {
    obj.style.filter="blendTrans(duration=1)";
    obj.filters.blendTrans.Apply();       
    obj.filters.blendTrans.Play();
    obj.src = src;
  }
  else 
  {
    obj.src = src;
  }
}


//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NEW TEST

function blendimage(divid, imageid, imagefile, millisec) 
{ 
    var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100); 
    var timer = 0; 
     
    //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++) { 
        setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + imageid + "')",(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 + ")";
}