var ie4 = (document.all) ? true : false;
var ns4 = (document.layers) ? true : false;
var ns6 = (document.getElementById && !document.all) ? true : false;

function startFade(sectionId) {
  setInterval("fader.rotate()", 4000);
}

function update(area) {
  num++;
  if (num == arRightStory.length) num = 0;
  area = area.id.toString();
  display(area, arRightStory[num]);
//  num++;
//  if (num == ar.length) num = 0;
}

function display1(id, str) {
  if (ns4) {
    with (document[id].document) {
      open();
      write(str);
      close();
    }
  } else {
    document.all[id].innerHTML = str;
  }
}

function display(id,str) {
if (ie4) {
document.all[id].innerHTML = str;
}
if (ns4) {
document[id].document.write(str);
document[id].document.close();
}
if (ns6) {
over = document.getElementById([id]);
range = document.createRange();
range.setStartBefore(over);
domfrag = range.createContextualFragment(str);

while (over.hasChildNodes()) {
over.removeChild(over.lastChild);
}
over.appendChild(domfrag);
   }
}


//***********************************************************************
objFader.INTERVAL_MILLIS = 50;

function objFader (element, rate, initialOpacity, minOpacity, maxOpacity) {
  this._element = element;
  this._intervalId = null;
  this._rate = rate;
  this._isFadeOut = true;

  // Set initial opacity and bounds
  // NB use 99 instead of 100 to avoid flicker at start of fade
  this._minOpacity = 0;
  this._maxOpacity = 99;
  this._opacity = 99;

  if (typeof minOpacity != 'undefined') {
    if (minOpacity < 0) {
      this._minOpacity = 0;
    } else if (minOpacity > 99) {
      this._minOpacity = 99;
    } else {
      this._minOpacity = minOpacity;
    }
  }

  if (typeof maxOpacity != 'undefined') {
    if (maxOpacity < 0) {
      this._maxOpacity = 0;
    } else if (maxOpacity > 99) {
      this._maxOpacity = 99;
    } else {
      this._maxOpacity = maxOpacity;
    }

    if (this._maxOpacity < this._minOpacity) {
      this._maxOpacity = this._minOpacity;
    }
  }
  
  if (typeof initialOpacity != 'undefined') {
    if (initialOpacity > this._maxOpacity) {
      this._opacity = this._maxOpacity;
    } else if (initialOpacity < this._minOpacity) {
      this._opacity = this._minOpacity;
    } else {
      this._opacity = initialOpacity;
    }
  }

  // toggling opacity, filter, visiblity
  if(typeof element.style.opacity != 'undefined') {

    this._updateOpacity = this._updateOpacityW3c;

  } else if(typeof element.style.filter != 'undefined') {

    // If there's not an alpha filter on the element already,
    // add one
    if (element.style.filter.indexOf("alpha") == -1) {

      // Attempt to preserve existing filters
      var existingFilters="";
      if (element.style.filter) {
        existingFilters = element.style.filter+" ";
      }
      element.style.filter = existingFilters+"alpha(opacity="+this._opacity+")";
    }

    this._updateOpacity = this._updateOpacityMSIE;
    
  } else {

    this._updateOpacity = this._updateVisibility;
  }

  this._updateOpacity();
}

// Initiates a fade out
objFader.prototype.fadeOut = function () {
  this._isFadeOut = true;
  this._beginFade();
}

// Initiates an infinite rotatation
objFader.prototype.rotate = function () {
  this._isFadeOut = false;
  this._beginFade();
  this._isFadeOut = (this._isFadeOut) ? false : true;
}

// Initiates a fade in
objFader.prototype.fadeIn = function () {
  this._isFadeOut = false;
  this._beginFade();
}

// Makes the element completely opaque, stops any fade in progress
objFader.prototype.show = function () {
  this.haltFade();
  this._opacity = this._maxOpacity;
  this._updateOpacity();
}

// Makes the element completely transparent, stops any fade in progress
objFader.prototype.hide = function () {
  this.haltFade();
  this._opacity = 0;
  this._updateOpacity();
}

// Halts any fade in progress
objFader.prototype.haltFade = function () {

  clearInterval(this._intervalId);
}

// Resumes a fade where it was halted
objFader.prototype.resumeFade = function () {

  this._beginFade();
}

// Pseudo-private members

objFader.prototype._beginFade = function () {

  this.haltFade();
  var objref = this;
  this._intervalId = setInterval(function() { objref._tickFade1(); },objFader.INTERVAL_MILLIS);
}

objFader.prototype._tickFade = function () {

  if (this._isFadeOut) {
    this._opacity -= this._rate;
    if (this._opacity < this._minOpacity) {
      this._opacity = this._minOpacity;
      this.haltFade();
	  update();
    }
  } else {
    this._opacity += this._rate;
    if (this._opacity > this._maxOpacity ) {
      this._opacity = this._maxOpacity;
      this.haltFade();
    }
  }

  this._updateOpacity();
}
//********************************************

objFader.prototype._tickFade1 = function () {

  if (this._isFadeOut) {
    this._opacity -= this._rate;
    if (this._opacity < this._minOpacity) {
      this._opacity = this._minOpacity;
      this._isFadeOut = false;
	  update(this._element);
    }
  }
  if (!this._isFadeOut) {;
    this._opacity += this._rate;
    if (this._opacity > this._maxOpacity ) {
      this._opacity = this._maxOpacity;
      this.haltFade();

    }
  }

  this._updateOpacity();
}
 //*******************************


objFader.prototype._updateVisibility = function () {
  
  if (this._opacity > 0) {
    this._element.style.visibility = 'visible';
  } else {
    this._element.style.visibility = 'hidden';
  }
}

objFader.prototype._updateOpacityW3c = function () {
  
  this._element.style.opacity = this._opacity/100;
  this._updateVisibility();
}

objFader.prototype._updateOpacityMSIE = function () {
  
  this._element.filters.alpha.opacity = this._opacity;
  this._updateVisibility();
}

objFader.prototype._updateOpacity = null;