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_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_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];}
}

//mailto
function noSpam(user,domain) { 
locationstring = "mailto:" + user + "@" + domain; 
window.location = locationstring; 
}

//Style Switcher
function setActiveStyleSheet(title) {
  var i, a, main;
  for(i=0; (a = document.getElementsByTagName("link")[i]); i++) {
    if(a.getAttribute("rel").indexOf("style") != -1 && a.getAttribute("title")) {
      a.disabled = true;
      if(a.getAttribute("title") == title) a.disabled = false;
    }
  }
}

function getActiveStyleSheet() {
  var i, a;
  for(i=0; (a = document.getElementsByTagName("link")[i]); i++) {
    if(a.getAttribute("rel").indexOf("style") != -1 && a.getAttribute("title") && !a.disabled) return a.getAttribute("title");
  }
  return null;
}

function getPreferredStyleSheet() {
  var i, a;
  for(i=0; (a = document.getElementsByTagName("link")[i]); i++) {
    if(a.getAttribute("rel").indexOf("style") != -1
       && a.getAttribute("rel").indexOf("alt") == -1
       && a.getAttribute("title")
       ) return a.getAttribute("title");
  }
  return null;
}

function createCookie(name,value,days) {
  if (days) {
    var date = new Date();
    date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
    var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
  }
  else expires = "";
  document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}

function readCookie(name) {
  var nameEQ = name + "=";
  var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
  for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
    var c = ca[i];
    while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
    if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
  }
  return null;
}

window.onload = function(e) {
  var cookie = readCookie("style");
  var title = cookie ? cookie : getPreferredStyleSheet();
  setActiveStyleSheet(title);
}

window.onunload = function(e) {
  var title = getActiveStyleSheet();
  createCookie("style", title, 365);
}

var cookie = readCookie("style");
var title = cookie ? cookie : getPreferredStyleSheet();
setActiveStyleSheet(title);

//AC fix + my cookie stuff
function writeAC1()
{
	output = "<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0\" width=\"490\" height=\"255\" id=\"myFlashMovie\"> ";
	output += "<param name=\"movie\" value=\"../images/ALXS_home.swf?bkg="+title+"\" />  ";
	output += "<param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" />   ";
	output += "<param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" /> ";
	output += "<param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" /> ";
	output += "<param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"sameDomain\" /> <embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer\" width=\"490\" height=\"255\" name=\"myFlashMovie\" src=\"../images/ALXS_home.swf?bkg="+title+"\" quality=\"high\" wmode=\"transparent\" menu=\"false\" allowscriptaccess=\"sameDomain\" swliveconnect=\"true\" /> </embed></object>";
	document.write(output);
}
function writeAC2()
{
	output = "<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0\" width=\"490\" height=\"255\" id=\"myFlashMovie\"> ";
	output += "<param name=\"movie\" value=\"../images/ALXS_home_de.swf?bkg="+title+"\" />  ";
	output += "<param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" />   ";
	output += "<param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" /> ";
	output += "<param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" /> ";
	output += "<param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"sameDomain\" /> <embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer\" width=\"490\" height=\"255\" name=\"myFlashMovie\" src=\"../images/ALXS_home_de.swf?bkg="+title+"\" quality=\"high\" wmode=\"transparent\" menu=\"false\" allowscriptaccess=\"sameDomain\" swliveconnect=\"true\" /> </embed></object>";
	document.write(output);
}

//cross-browser help for Flash path 
function getFlashMovieObject(movieName)
{
  if (window.document[movieName]) 
  {
    return window.document[movieName];
  }
  if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft Internet")==-1)
  {
    if (document.embeds && document.embeds[movieName])
      return document.embeds[movieName]; 
  }
  else // if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft Internet")!=-1)
  {
    return document.getElementById(movieName);
  }
}

//my change flash
function changeFlash(MC,label)
{
	var flashMovie=getFlashMovieObject("myFlashMovie");
	flashMovie.TGotoLabel(MC,label);
}

//tab panel
function ManageTabPanelDisplay() {
var idlist = new Array('tabfocus_en','tabfocus_de','tabfocus_es','tabfocus_nl','tabfocus_it',
					   'tabready_en','tabready_de','tabready_es','tabready_nl','tabready_it',
					   'content_en','content_de','content_es','content_nl','content_it');

if(arguments.length < 1) { return; }
for(var i = 0; i < idlist.length; i++) {
   var block = false;
   for(var ii = 0; ii < arguments.length; ii++) {
      if(idlist[i] == arguments[ii]) {
         block = true;
         break;
         }
      }
   if(block) { document.getElementById(idlist[i]).style.display = "block"; }
   else { document.getElementById(idlist[i]).style.display = "none"; }
   }
}

//tab panel2
function ManageTabPanelDisplay2() {
var idlist = new Array('tabfocus_us','tabfocus_de','tabfocus_gb','tabfocus_au','tabfocus_it',
					   'tabready_us','tabready_de','tabready_gb','tabready_au','tabready_it',
					   'content_us','content_de','content_gb','content_au','content_it');

if(arguments.length < 1) { return; }
for(var i = 0; i < idlist.length; i++) {
   var block = false;
   for(var ii = 0; ii < arguments.length; ii++) {
      if(idlist[i] == arguments[ii]) {
         block = true;
         break;
         }
      }
   if(block) { document.getElementById(idlist[i]).style.display = "block"; }
   else { document.getElementById(idlist[i]).style.display = "none"; }
   }
}

function validateContactForm() {
var formID = document.getElementById('contactForm');

// check name
with(formID) {
 if (name.value == "") {
	alert ("Please Enter Your Name.");
	name.focus();
	return false;
 }
 // check email address
 if ((email.value==null)||(email.value=="")){
	alert("Please Enter your Email Address.")
	email.focus();
	return false;
 }
 if (message.value == "") {
	alert ("Please enter a message for the contact form.");
	message.focus();
	return false;
 }
 var spamCheck = spam.value.toLowerCase();
 if (spamCheck != "blue") {
	alert ("Please answer the spam question correctly.");
	spam.focus();
	return false;
 }
}
document.getElementById('contactForm').submit();
return true;
}

//generic popup -----------------
function popup(string) { 
window.open(string,'mywindow','width=650,height=500,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,copyhistory=no,resizable=no'); 
}