var	ie = document.all

var	dom = document.getElementById

var	ns4 = document.layers



/* hides <select> and <applet> objects (for IE only) */

function hideElement( elmID, overDiv )

{

  	if (ie)

	{

        for( i = 0; i < document.all.tags( elmID ).length; i++ )

        {

			obj = document.all.tags( elmID )[i];

			if( !obj || !obj.offsetParent )

			{

				continue;

			}



			// Find the element's offsetTop and offsetLeft relative to the BODY tag.

			objLeft   = obj.offsetLeft;

			objTop    = obj.offsetTop;

			objParent = obj.offsetParent;



			while( objParent.tagName.toUpperCase() != "BODY" )

			{

				objLeft  += objParent.offsetLeft;

				objTop   += objParent.offsetTop;

				objParent = objParent.offsetParent;

			}



			objHeight = obj.offsetHeight;

			objWidth = obj.offsetWidth;



			if(( overDiv.offsetLeft + overDiv.offsetWidth ) <= objLeft );

			else if(( overDiv.offsetTop + overDiv.offsetHeight ) <= objTop );

			else if( overDiv.offsetTop >= ( objTop + objHeight ));

			else if( overDiv.offsetLeft >= ( objLeft + objWidth ));

			else

			{

				obj.style.visibility = "hidden";

			}

		}

	}

}



/*

 * unhides <select> and <applet> objects (for IE only)

 */

function showElement( elmID )

{

	if (ie)

	{

		for( i = 0; i < document.all.tags( elmID ).length; i++ )

		{

			obj = document.all.tags( elmID )[i];



			if( !obj || !obj.offsetParent )

			{

				continue;

			}



			obj.style.visibility = "";

		}

	}

}