var TimeToFade = 1000.0;
var $alt='';
function animateFade(lastTick, eid)
{
  var curTick = new Date().getTime();
  var elapsedTicks = curTick - lastTick;

  var element = document.getElementById(eid);

  if(element.FadeTimeLeft <= elapsedTicks)
  {
    element.style.opacity = element.FadeState == 1 ? '1' : '0';
    element.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity = '
        + (element.FadeState == 1 ? '100' : '0') + ')';
    element.FadeState = element.FadeState == 1 ? 2 : -2;
    return;
  }

  element.FadeTimeLeft -= elapsedTicks;
  var newOpVal = element.FadeTimeLeft/TimeToFade;
  if(element.FadeState == 1)
    newOpVal = 1 - newOpVal;

  element.style.opacity = newOpVal;
  element.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity = ' + (newOpVal*100) + ')';

  setTimeout("animateFade(" + curTick + ",'" + eid + "')", 33);
}
function fade(eid)
{
  var element = document.getElementById(eid);
  if(element == null)
    return;
  if(element.FadeState == null)
  {
    element.style.opacity = 0;
    element.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity = ' + 0 + ')';
    element.FadeState = -2;

  }
  if(element.FadeState == 1 || element.FadeState == -1)
  {
    element.FadeState = element.FadeState == 1 ? -1 : 1;
    element.FadeTimeLeft = TimeToFade - element.FadeTimeLeft;
  }
  else
  {
    element.FadeState = element.FadeState == 2 ? -1 : 1;
    element.FadeTimeLeft = TimeToFade;
    setTimeout("animateFade(" + new Date().getTime() + ",'" + eid + "')", 33);
  }

}

function tooltipon(e,xoffset,yoffset,$text)
{
  var posx = 0;
  var posy = 0;
  if (!e)
  e = window.event;
  if (e.pageX || e.pageY){
  posx = e.pageX;
  posy = e.pageY;
  }
  else if (e.clientX || e.clientY){
  posx = e.clientX + document.body.scrollLeft
  + document.documentElement.scrollLeft;
  posy = e.clientY + document.body.scrollTop
  + document.documentElement.scrollTop;
  }
  posx=posx+xoffset;
  posy=posy+yoffset;
  document.getElementById('tooltip').style.left=posx+"px";
  document.getElementById('tooltip').style.top=posy+"px";
  document.getElementById('tooltip').innerHTML=$text;
  document.getElementById('tooltip').style.visibility='visible';
  fade("tooltip");

}
function tooltipoff()
{
  fade("tooltip");
  document.getElementById('tooltip').style.visibility='hidden';
 return true;
}
