// Determine Browser Type
 var NS4 = (document.layers) ? true : false;
 var IE4 = (document.all) ? true : false;
 var FF = (document.getElementById && !document.all) ? true : false;


// change color of td cells in overlay menu
 function linkOver(td) {
	td.style.backgroundColor="#b90404";
 }


// change color of td cells in overlay menu
 function linkOut(td) {
	td.style.backgroundColor="#b90404";
 }

function getStyleObject(objectId) {
	// cross-browser function to get an object's style object given its id
	if(document.getElementById && document.getElementById(objectId)) {
	// W3C DOM
	return document.getElementById(objectId).style;
	} else if (document.all && document.all(objectId)) {
	// MSIE 4 DOM
	return document.all(objectId).style;
	} else if (document.layers && document.layers[objectId]) {
	// NN 4 DOM.. note: this won't find nested layers
	return document.layers[objectId];
	} else {
	return false;
	}
} 

function menuSelectOld(objectId, newVisibility) {

	// get a reference to the cross-browser style object and make sure the object exists
	var styleObject = getStyleObject(objectId);
	if(styleObject) {
	styleObject.visibility = newVisibility;
	return true;
	} else {
	// we couldn't find the object, so we can't change its visibility
	return false;
	}
} 

function menuSelect(objectId, newVisibility) {

	// get a reference to the cross-browser style object and make sure the object exists
	var styleObject = getStyleObject(objectId);
	if(styleObject) {
	styleObject.display = newVisibility;
	styleObject.zIndex = 200;
	return true;
	} else {
	// we couldn't find the object, so we can't change its visibility
	return false;
	}
}

function printzIndex(element) {
	window.alert(document.getElementById(element).style.zIndex);
}