fadeObjects = [];
fadeTimers = [];

function fade(id, destOpacity, delta) {
  if (typeof fadeObjects[id] == "undefined") {
    if (typeof document.getElementById == "function" && (theObject = document.getElementById(id)) != null) {
      fadeObjects[id] = theObject;
      fadeTimers[id] = 0;
    } else if (typeof document.all == "object" && (theObject = document.all[id]) != null) {
      fadeObjects[id] = theObject;
      fadeTimers[id] = 0;
    } else {
      return false;
    }
  }

  clearTimeout(fadeTimers[id]);

  var opacity = getOpacity(fadeObjects[id]);
  if (opacity == -1) {
    // alert('der verwendete browser kann diesen effekt nicht darstellen... ');
    return false;
  }

  var difference = destOpacity - opacity;
  var direction = (opacity < destOpacity)? 1: -1;
  delta = Math.min(direction*difference, delta);
  var newOpacity = opacity+direction*delta;
  setOpacity(fadeObjects[id], newOpacity);

    if (newOpacity != destOpacity) {
    fadeTimers[id] = setTimeout("fade('"+id+"', "+destOpacity+", "+delta+")", 33);
  }
}

function setOpacity(theObject, opacity) {
  if (typeof theObject.style.opacity != "undefined") {
    theObject.style.opacity = opacity/100;
  } else if (typeof theObject.style.MozOpacity != "undefined") {
    theObject.style.MozOpacity = opacity/100;
  } else if (typeof theObject.filters != "undefined" && typeof theObject.filters.alpha != "undefined" && typeof theObject.filters.alpha.opacity != "undefined") {
    theObject.filters.alpha.opacity = opacity;
  } else if (typeof theObject.style.KhtmlOpacity != "undefined") {
    theObject.style.KhtmlOpacity = opacity/100;
  }
}

function getOpacity(theObject) {
  if (typeof theObject.style.opacity != "undefined" && typeof document.defaultView != "undefined") { 
    return parseInt(document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(theObject, null)['opacity']*100);
  } else if (typeof theObject.style.MozOpacity != "undefined") {
    if (typeof document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(theObject, null)['MozOpacity'] != "undefined") {
      return parseInt(document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(theObject, null)['MozOpacity']*100);
    } else if (theObject.style.MozOpacity == "") {
      return -1;
    } else {
      return parseInt(theObject.style.MozOpacity*100);
    }
  } else if (typeof theObject.filters != "undefined" && typeof theObject.filters.alpha != "undefined" && typeof theObject.filters.alpha.opacity != "undefined") {
    return parseInt(theObject.filters.alpha.opacity);
  } else if (typeof theObject.style.KhtmlOpacity != "undefined") {
    return parseInt(theObject.style.KhtmlOpacity*100);
  }

  return -1;
}

function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}

function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
  window.open(theURL,winName,features);
}

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 MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}