var intTimeStep=20; 
var isIe=(window.ActiveXObject)?true:false; 
var intAlphaStep=(isIe)?5:0.05; 
var curSObj=null; 
var curOpacity=null; 
function startObjVisible(objId) 
{ 
 curSObj=document.getElementById(objId); 
 setObjState(); 
} 
function setObjState(evTarget) 
{ 
 
 if(isIe) 
 { 
 curSObj.style.cssText='Z-INDEX: 1; FILTER: alpha(opacity=0); POSITION: absolute;border-style:solid; border-width:0px; position: absolute; left: 150px; top: 0px; padding-left:4px; padding-right:4px; padding-top:1px; padding-bottom:1px'; 
 curSObj.filters.alpha.opacity=0; 
 }else 
 { 
 curSObj.style.opacity=0 
 } 
 curSObj.style.display=''; 
 
 curOpacity=0; 
 setObjOpen(); 
 setTimeout('setObjClose();',5000);
 

} 
 
function setObjOpen() 
{ 
 if(isIe) 
 { 
 curSObj.filters.alpha.opacity+=intAlphaStep; 
 if (curSObj.filters.alpha.opacity<100) setTimeout('setObjOpen()',intTimeStep); 
 }else{ 
 curOpacity+=intAlphaStep; 
 curSObj.style.opacity =curOpacity; 
 if (curOpacity<1) setTimeout('setObjOpen()',intTimeStep); 
 } 
} 
 
function setObjClose() 
{ 
 if(isIe) 
 { 
 curSObj.filters.alpha.opacity-=intAlphaStep; 
 if (curSObj.filters.alpha.opacity>0) { 
 setTimeout('setObjClose()',intTimeStep);} 
 else {curSObj.style.display="none";} 
 }else{ 
 curOpacity-=intAlphaStep; 
 if (curOpacity>0) { 
 curSObj.style.opacity =curOpacity; 
 setTimeout('setObjClose()',intTimeStep);} 
 else {curSObj.style.display='none';} 
 } 
}