var preloadFlag = false;

function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
	var d = document;
	if( d.images ) {
		if( !d.MM_p ) d.MM_p = new Array();
		var i,j = d.MM_p.length,a = MM_preloadImages.arguments;
		for( i=0; i < a.length; i++ )
		if ( a[i].indexOf( "#" ) !=0 ) { 
			d.MM_p[j] = new Image;
			d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];
		}
	}
}


function changeImageState(img, state) {
	if (document.images && (preloadFlag == true)) {
		//document.images[img].src = 'images/menu/'+img + state +'.gif';
		document.images[img].src = root+'/images/menu/'+img + state +'.gif';
	}
}

function MM_preloadAllImages()	{
   MM_preloadImages(	
      root+'/images/menu/i1.gif',root+'/images/menu/i1over.gif',
      root+'/images/menu/i2.gif',root+'/images/menu/i2over.gif',root+'/images/menu/i2down.gif',
      root+'/images/menu/i3.gif',root+'/images/menu/i3over.gif',root+'/images/menu/i3down.gif',
      root+'/images/menu/i4.gif',root+'/images/menu/i4over.gif',root+'/images/menu/i4down.gif',
      root+'/images/menu/i5.gif',root+'/images/menu/i5over.gif',root+'/images/menu/i5down.gif',
      root+'/images/menu/i6.gif',root+'/images/menu/i6over.gif',root+'/images/menu/i6down.gif',
      root+'/images/menu/i7.gif',root+'/images/menu/i7over.gif',
      root+'/images/menu/i8.gif',root+'/images/menu/i8over.gif',root+'/images/menu/i8down.gif',
      root+'/images/menu/i9.gif',root+'/images/menu/i9over.gif',root+'/images/menu/i9down.gif',
      root+'/images/menu/i10.gif',root+'/images/menu/i10over.gif',root+'/images/menu/i10down.gif',
      root+'/images/menu/i11.gif',root+'/images/menu/i11over.gif',root+'/images/menu/i11down.gif',
      root+'/images/menu/i12.gif',root+'/images/menu/i12over.gif',root+'/images/menu/i12down.gif',
      root+'/images/menu/i13.gif',root+'/images/menu/i13over.gif'
   );
	preloadFlag = true;
}

function Init() {
	MM_preloadAllImages();
}

function go(URL){
	window.location.href = URL;
}

function go_newwin(URL){
	var nw = window.open();
	nw.location.href = URL;
}

function countCharacters(txt)
{ 
	var txt=new String(txt);
	var re= /<\S[^>]*>/g; 
	var puretext = txt.replace(re,""); 
	var puretext=new String(puretext);
	var len=puretext.length;

	document.getElementById('counter').value=len;
}