var objNavMenu = null; 
		var prevObjNavMenu = null; 
		var prevObjDropMenu = null; 
		var numDropMenu = 5; 

		var numNavLink = 4;
		var objNavLink = null;

		////// link styles 
		var bgLinkHover =  'White' 
                var bgLinkColor =  'Beige' 
	        var bgLinkActive = 'Beige' 

		var linkColor =  'Blue' 
		var linkHover =  'DarkBlue' 
		var linkActive = 'Blue' 

		var isIE = null; 

		if (navigator.appName.indexOf('Microsoft Internet Explorer') != -1) isIE=1; 
		function initDropMenu () 
		{ 
			document.onclick = hideDropMenu;
			 
			//
			// Init the navigation menus.
			//
			for (i=1; i<=numDropMenu; i++) 
			{ 
				menuName = 'dropMenu' + i; 
				navName = 'navMenu' + i; 
				objDropMenu = document.getElementById(menuName); 
				objNavMenu = document.getElementById(navName); 
				objDropMenu.style.visibility = 'hidden'; 
				objNavMenu.onmouseover =  menuHover; 
				objNavMenu.onmouseout = menuOut; 
				objNavMenu.onclick = showDropMenu;
				objNavMenu.style.backgroundColor = bgLinkColor;		
			} 
			objNavMenu = null; 


			//
			// Init the navigation links (as opposed to the navigation menus)
			//
			for (i=1; i<=numNavLink; i++) 
			{ 
				LinkName = 'navLink' + i; 
				objNavLink = document.getElementById(LinkName); 
				objNavLink.onmouseover =  menuHover; 
				objNavLink.onmouseout = menuOut; 
				objNavLink.style.backgroundColor = bgLinkColor;		
			} 
			objNavLink = null; 

			return; 
		} 


		function  menuHover(e) 
		{ 
			document.onclick = null; 
			hoverObjNavMenu = document.getElementById(this.id); 
			if (hoverObjNavMenu != objNavMenu) 
			{ 
                            hoverObjNavMenu.style.color = linkHover; 
			    hoverObjNavMenu.style.backgroundColor = bgLinkHover;
                       
			}		 
		} 

		function menuOut (e) 
		{ 
			document.onclick = hideDropMenu; 
			outObjNavMenu = document.getElementById(this.id); 
			if (outObjNavMenu != objNavMenu) 
			{ 
				outObjNavMenu.style.color = linkColor; 
				outObjNavMenu.style.backgroundColor = bgLinkColor;

			} 
		} 




    /////////////////////////////////////
    // showDropMenu()
    ///////////////////////////////////// 
    function showDropMenu(e) 
    { 
        menuName = 'drop' + this.id.substring(3,this.id.length); 
        objDropMenu = document.getElementById(menuName); 
        if (prevObjDropMenu == objDropMenu) 
        { 
            hideDropMenu(); 
            return; 
        } 
        if (prevObjDropMenu != null) hideDropMenu(); 
        objNavMenu = document.getElementById(this.id); 
        if ((prevObjNavMenu != objNavMenu ) || (prevObjDropMenu == null)) 
        { 
            objNavMenu.style.color = linkActive; 
            objNavMenu.style.backgroundColor = bgLinkActive; 
        } 
        if (objDropMenu) 
        { 
            xPos = objNavMenu.offsetParent.offsetLeft + objNavMenu.offsetLeft; 
            yPos = objNavMenu.offsetParent.offsetTop + objNavMenu.offsetParent.offsetHeight; 
            if (isIE) 
            { 
                yPos -= 1; 
                xPos -= 6; 
            } 
            objDropMenu.style.left = xPos + 'px';         
            objDropMenu.style.top = yPos + 'px'; 
            objDropMenu.style.visibility = 'visible'; 
            prevObjDropMenu = objDropMenu; 
            prevObjNavMenu = objNavMenu; 
	} 
		 
    }
    /////////////////////////////////////
    // hideDropMenu()
    ///////////////////////////////////// 
		function hideDropMenu() { 
			document.onclick = null; 
			if (prevObjDropMenu) { 
				prevObjDropMenu.style.visibility = 'hidden'; 
				prevObjDropMenu = null; 
				prevObjNavMenu.style.color = linkColor; 
				prevObjNavMenu.style.backgroundColor = bgLinkColor; 
			} 
			objNavMenu = null; 
		}