/****** FADER CODE ********/
var a=0;
var timeoutIdb4; 
fadespeed = .01;		//50 .1;	//higher=slower
//delayspeed1 = 1000;	//6000;	//10000 ~= 10 sec
//delayspeed = 4000;	//6000;	//10000 ~= 10 sec
delayspeed1 = 3000;	//6000;	//10000 ~= 10 sec
delayspeed = 3000;	//speed between transitions //6000;	//10000 ~= 10 sec

setNum = 1;

/*function zinitfade() {
  hidimg = document.getElementById("news1"); setOpacity(hidimg, 100); hidimg.style.visibility = 'visible';
  hidimg = document.getElementById("news2"); setOpacity(hidimg, 0); hidimg.style.visibility = 'hidden';
  hidimg = document.getElementById("news3"); setOpacity(hidimg, 0); hidimg.style.visibility = 'hidden';
  hidimg = document.getElementById("news4"); setOpacity(hidimg, 0); hidimg.style.visibility = 'hidden';
  hidimg = document.getElementById("news5"); setOpacity(hidimg, 0); hidimg.style.visibility = 'hidden';
  hidimg = document.getElementById("news6"); setOpacity(hidimg, 0); hidimg.style.visibility = 'hidden';
  hidimg = document.getElementById("news7"); setOpacity(hidimg, 0); hidimg.style.visibility = 'hidden';
  hidimg = document.getElementById("news8"); setOpacity(hidimg, 0); hidimg.style.visibility = 'hidden';
delayfadeState();
}*/

//1st
function delayfadeState() {			//delays initial startup
		chkMax = getMax-1;
			    FadeOutImg  = "news" + (setNum);
    setNum += 1;
    FadeInImg  = "news" + (setNum);
//    if (setNum < 2)   setTimeout('fadeinBase(FadeInImg)',delayspeed1);
    if (setNum < chkMax)   timeoutIdb4 = setTimeout('fadeinBase(FadeInImg,FadeOutImg)',delayspeed1);
    else {
	setNum -= 1;
	delayfade1();
    }
}
//2nd
function fadeinBase(FadeInImg,FadeOutImg) {
    setOpacity(document.getElementById(FadeInImg), 0 + a);
    setOpacity(document.getElementById(FadeOutImg), 100 - a);
    hidimg1 = document.getElementById(FadeInImg);
    hidimg1.style.visibility = 'visible';
    a++;  a++;  a++;  a++;  a++;
//    a++;  a++;  a++;  a++;  a++;
    if (a < 101) { timeoutIdb4 = setTimeout("fadeinBase(FadeInImg,FadeOutImg)",fadespeed); }
    else { window.clearTimeout(timeoutIdb4); a=0;

BtnImg1 = "Button" + FadeInImg
switchit(BtnImg1,'img/ButtonOvr.gif')
BtnImg2 = "Button" + FadeOutImg
switchit(BtnImg2,'img/ButtonUp.gif')

	    hidimg = document.getElementById(FadeOutImg);
	    //setOpacity(hidimg, 0);
	    hidimg.style.visibility = 'hidden';

	delayfadeState();
    }
}

function delayfade1() {			//delays initial startup
    FadeOutImg = "news" + (setNum)
    setNum += 1
//    if (setNum > 3)
    if (setNum > getMax)
	{ setNum = 1 }
    FadeInImg  = "news" + (setNum)
    setTimeout('fadein1(FadeInImg,FadeOutImg)',delayspeed);
}

function fadein1(FadeInImg,FadeOutImg) {
    setOpacity(document.getElementById(FadeInImg), 0 + a);
    setOpacity(document.getElementById(FadeOutImg), 100 - a);
	    hidimg = document.getElementById(FadeInImg);
	    //setOpacity(hidimg, 100);
	    hidimg.style.visibility = 'visible';
    a++;  a++;  a++;  a++;  a++;
    a++;  a++;  a++;  a++;  a++;
    if (a < 101) { timeoutIdb4 = setTimeout("fadein1(FadeInImg,FadeOutImg)",fadespeed); }
	else { window.clearTimeout(timeoutIdb4); a=0;

BtnImg1 = "Button" + FadeInImg
switchit(BtnImg1,'img/ButtonOvr.gif')
BtnImg2 = "Button" + FadeOutImg
switchit(BtnImg2,'img/ButtonUp.gif')


	    hidimg = document.getElementById(FadeOutImg);
	    //setOpacity(hidimg, 0);
	    hidimg.style.visibility = 'hidden';

	delayfade1(); }
}

function setOpacity(obj, opacity) {
    opacity = (opacity == 100)?99:opacity;
    obj.style.filter = "alpha(opacity:"+opacity+")";	// IE/Win
    obj.style.KHTMLOpacity = opacity/100;	// Safari<1.2, Konqueror
    obj.style.MozOpacity = opacity/100;		// Older Mozilla and Firefox
    obj.style.opacity = opacity/100;		// Safari 1.2, newer Firefox and Mozilla, CSS3
}

function clearTmr(aa) {
    window.clearTimeout(timeoutIdb4); a=0;
//shut off all
	ShutOff("1");
	ShutOff("2");
	ShutOff("3");
	ShutOff("4");
	ShutOff("5");
	ShutOff("6");
	ShutOff("7");
	TurnOn(aa);
}

////////////
function ShutOff(x) {
	FadeOutImg  = "news" + x;
    setOpacity(document.getElementById(FadeOutImg), 0);
	hidimg = document.getElementById(FadeOutImg);
	hidimg.style.visibility = 'hidden';

	//MM_swapImgRestore();
	BtnImg1 = "Buttonnews" + x;
	MM_swapImage(BtnImg1,'','img/ButtonUp.gif',1);
}
////////////
function TurnOn(y) {

    FadeInImg   = "news" + y
	    hidimg = document.getElementById(FadeInImg);
	    hidimg.style.visibility = 'visible';
    setOpacity(document.getElementById(FadeInImg), 100);

//MM_swapImgRestore();
	BtnImg1 = "Buttonnews" + y;
	MM_swapImage(BtnImg1,'','img/ButtonOvr.gif',1)
}