var horizontal_offset="-10px"
var vertical_offset="-5px"
var ie=document.all
var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all
//var ff=document.layers
//ie=!ie
//ns6=!ns6

function getposOffset(what, offsettype){
	var totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? what.offsetLeft : what.offsetTop;
	var parentEl=what.offsetParent;
	while (parentEl!=null){
		totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? totaloffset+parentEl.offsetLeft : totaloffset+parentEl.offsetTop;
		parentEl=parentEl.offsetParent;
	}
	return totaloffset;
}

function iecompattest(){
	return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
}

function clearbrowseredge(obj, whichedge){
	var edgeoffset=(whichedge=="rightedge")? parseInt(horizontal_offset)*-1 : parseInt(vertical_offset)*-1
	if (whichedge=="rightedge"){
		var windowedge=ie && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollLeft+iecompattest().clientWidth-30 : window.pageXOffset+window.innerWidth-40
		dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetWidth
		if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.x < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure)
		edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure+obj.offsetWidth+parseInt(horizontal_offset)
	}
	else{
		var windowedge=ie && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollTop+iecompattest().clientHeight-15 : window.pageYOffset+window.innerHeight-18
		dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetHeight
		if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.y < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure)
		edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure-obj.offsetHeight
	}
	return edgeoffset
}

function showhint(menucontents, obj, objpadre, e, tipwidth){
	if (getElmById("hintbox")){
		dropmenuobj=getElmById("hintbox")
		dropmenuobj.innerHTML=menucontents
		dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.style.top=-500
		if (tipwidth!=""){
		dropmenuobj.widthobj=dropmenuobj.style
		dropmenuobj.widthobj.width=tipwidth
		}
		dropmenuobj.x=getposOffset(objpadre, "left")+getposOffset(obj, "left");
		dropmenuobj.y=getposOffset(objpadre, "top")+getposOffset(obj, "top");
		dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.x-clearbrowseredge(obj, "rightedge")+obj.offsetWidth+"px"
		dropmenuobj.style.top=dropmenuobj.y-clearbrowseredge(obj, "bottomedge")+obj.offsetHeight+"px"
		dropmenuobj.style.visibility="visible"
		//obj.onmouseout=hidetip
	}
}

function hidetip(e){
dropmenuobj.style.visibility="hidden"
dropmenuobj.style.top="-500px"
}

function createhintbox(){
var divblock=document.createElement("span")
divblock.setAttribute("id", "hintbox")
document.body.appendChild(divblock)
}

/*if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener("load", createhintbox, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent("onload", createhintbox)
else if (document.getElementById)
window.onload=createhintbox*/