function resizeImage (imageOrImageName, width, height) {
  var image = typeof imageOrImageName == 'string' ?
                document[imageOrImageName] : imageOrImageName;
  if (document.layers) {
    image.currentWidth = width;
    image.currentHeight = height;
    var layerWidth = image.width > width ? image.width : width;
    var layerHeight = image.height > height ? image.height : height;
    if (!image.overLayer) {
      var l = image.overLayer = new Layer(layerWidth);
    }
    var l = image.overLayer;
    l.bgColor = document.bgColor;
    l.clip.width = layerWidth; 
    l.clip.height = layerHeight;
    l.left = image.x;
    l.top = image.y;
    var html = '';
    html += '<IMG SRC="' + image.src + '"';
    html += image.name ? ' NAME="overLayer' + image.name + '"' : '';
    html += ' WIDTH="' + width + '" HEIGHT="' + height + '">';
    l.document.open();
    l.document.write(html);
    l.document.close();
    l.visibility = 'show';
  }
  else {
    image.width = width;
    image.height = height;
  }
}
function zoomImage (imageOrImageName, factor) {
  var image = typeof imageOrImageName == 'string' ?
                document[imageOrImageName] : imageOrImageName;
  if (document.layers) {
    var currentWidth = image.currentWidth ? image.currentWidth : 
image.width;
    var currentHeight = image.currentHeight ? image.currentHeight : 
image.height;
  }
  else {
    var currentWidth = image.width;
    var currentHeight = image.height;
  }
  var width = parseInt(currentWidth * factor);
  var height = parseInt(currentHeight * factor);
  resizeImage(image, width, height);
}
//*********************************************
var win = null;
function NewWindow(mypage,myname,w,h,scroll){
LeftPosition = (screen.width) ? (screen.width-w)/2 : 0;
TopPosition = (screen.height) ? (screen.height-h)/2 : 0;
settings =
'height='+h+',width='+w+',top='+TopPosition+',left='+LeftPosition+',scrollbars='+scroll+',resizable=no'
win = window.open(mypage,myname,settings)
}

function showorhide1(f){
if(f){visi="visible";}
else{visi="hidden";}
if(document.layers){

document.fred.visibility=visi;
}
if(document.all){

document.all.fred.style.visibility=visi;
}
if(document.getElementById){

document.getElementById("fred").style.visibility=visi;
}
} 
//***************************************************************
function validateForm(form) {
  for (var e = 0; e < form.elements.length; e++) {
    var el = form.elements[e];

    if (el.type == 'text' || el.type == 'textarea' ||
        el.type == 'password' || el.type == 'file' ) { 
      if (el.value == '') {
     
        alert('Please fill out the text field ' + el.name);
        el.focus();
        return false;
        
      }
      //******************************************* to check email address
	if(el.name == 'username'){
	 stringSplitter(document.forms[0].username.value,'@');
  
	   if(validate(document.forms[0]) == false)
	   {
		el.focus();
		return false;
	   }
	  }
	//*****************************************

    }
    else if (el.type.indexOf('select') != -1) {
      if (el.selectedIndex == -1) {
        alert('Please select a value of the select field ' + el.name);
        el.focus();
        return false;
      }
    }
    else if (el.type == 'radio') {
      var group = form[el.name];
      var checked = false;
      if (!group.length)
        checked = el.checked;
      else
        for (var r = 0; r < group.length; r++)
          if ((checked = group[r].checked))
            break;
      if (!checked) {
        alert('Please check one of the radio buttons ' + el.name);
        el.focus();
        return false;
      }
    }
    else if (el.type == 'checkbox') {
      var group = form[el.name];
      if (group.length) {
        var checked = false;
        for (var r = 0; r < group.length; r++)
          if ((checked = group[r].checked))
            break;
        if (!checked) {
          alert('Please check one of the checkboxes ' + el.name);
          el.focus();
          return false;
        }
      }
    }
  }
  return true;
}

//***************************************************************
/********************************************************************************
Object code...Object constructors and functions...
********************************************************************************/
function makeNewsObj(obj,nest,font,size,color,news,fadespeed,betweendelay,slidespeed,works,newsheight){
    nest=(!nest) ? "":'document.'+nest+'.'
   	this.css=bw.dom? document.getElementById(obj).style:bw.ie4?document.all[obj].style:bw.ns4?eval(nest+"document.layers." +obj):0;	
   	this.writeref=bw.dom? document.getElementById(obj):bw.ie4?document.all[obj]:bw.ns4?eval(nest+"document.layers." +obj+".document"):0;
	if(font){this.color=new Array(); this.color=eval(color); this.news=new Array(); this.news=eval(news)
		this.font=font; this.size=size; this.speed=fadespeed; this.delay=betweendelay; this.newsheight=newsheight;
		this.fadeIn=b_fadeIn;this.fadeOut=b_fadeOut; this.newsWrite=b_newsWrite; this.y=1
		this.slideIn=b_slideIn; this.moveIt=b_moveIt; this.slideSpeed=slidespeed; this.works=works
		if(bw.dom || bw.ie4){this.css.fontFamily=this.font; this.css.fontSize=this.size; this.css.color=this.color[0]}
	}
	this.obj = obj + "Object"; 	eval(this.obj + "=this"); return this
}

// A unit of measure that will be added when setting the position of a layer.
//var px = bw.ns4||window.opera?"":"px";

function b_moveIt(x,y){this.x=x; this.y=y; this.css.left=this.x+px; this.css.top=this.y+px;}

function b_newsWrite(num,i){
	if (bw.ns4){
		this.writeref.write("<a href=\""+this.news[num]['link']+"\" target=\"myTarget\" style=\"text-decoration:none; font-size:"+this.size+"px\">"
			+"<font face=\""+this.font+"\" color=\""+this.color[i]+"\">"+this.news[num]['text']+"</font></a>")
		this.writeref.close()
	}else this.writeref.innerHTML = '<a id="'+this.obj+'link' +'" target="myTarget"  style="text-decoration:none; font-size:'+this.size+'px; color:'+this.color[i]+'" href="'+this.news[num]['link']+'">'+this.news[num]['text']+'</a>'
}
//Slide in
function b_slideIn(num,i){
	if (this.y>0){
		if (i==0){this.moveIt(0,this.newsheight); this.newsWrite(num,this.color.length-1)}
		this.moveIt(this.x,this.y-this.slideSpeed)
		i ++
		setTimeout(this.obj+".slideIn("+num+","+i+");",50)
	}else setTimeout(this.obj+".fadeOut("+num+","+(this.color.length-1)+")",this.delay)
}
//The fade functions
function b_fadeIn(num,i){
	if (i<this.color.length){
		if (i==0 || bw.ns4) this.newsWrite(num,i)
		else{
			obj = bw.ie4?eval(this.obj+"link"):document.getElementById(this.obj+"link")
			obj.style.color = this.color[i]
		}
		i ++
		setTimeout(this.obj+".fadeIn("+num+","+i+")",this.speed)
	}else setTimeout(this.obj+".fadeOut("+num+","+(this.color.length-1)+")",this.delay)
}

function b_fadeOut(num,i){
	if (i>=0){
		if (i==0 || bw.ns4) this.newsWrite(num,i)	
		else{
			obj = bw.ie4?eval(this.obj+"link"):document.getElementById(this.obj+"link")
			obj.style.color = this.color[i]
		}
		i --
		setTimeout(this.obj+".fadeOut("+num+","+i+")",this.speed)
	}else{
		num ++
		if(num==this.news.length) num=0
		works = !this.works?0:this.works==1?1:Math.round(Math.random())
		if(works==0) setTimeout(this.obj+".fadeIn("+num+",0)",500)
		else if (works==1){this.y=1; setTimeout(this.obj+".slideIn("+num+",0)",500)
		}
	}
}
/********************************************************************************************
The init function. Calls the object constructor and set some properties and starts the fade
*********************************************************************************************/
function fadeInit(){
	oNews = new makeNewsObj('divNews','divNewsCont',nFont,nFontsize,"nColor","nNews",nFadespeed,nBetweendelay,nSlidespeed,nWorks,nNewsheight)
	oNewsCont = new makeNewsObj('divNewsCont')
	works = !oNews.works?0:oNews.works==1?1:Math.round(Math.random())
	if (works==0) oNews.fadeIn(0,0)
	else if (works==1) oNews.slideIn(0,0)
	oNewsCont.css.visibility = "visible"
}