  function hidestatus()
  {
//    window.status='The Sound Computer Srl - Moncalieri (TO)';
  //  return true;
  }
  
  if (document.layers) document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEOVER | Event.MOUSEOUT)

  document.onmouseover=hidestatus
  document.onmouseout=hidestatus
  
  timeout =0; // Close window after __ number of seconds?
  // 0 = do not close, anything else = number of seconds

  function Startimg(URL, WIDTH, HEIGHT) 
  {
      windowprops = "scrollbars=1,resizable=1,left=50,top=50,width=" + (WIDTH+50) + ",height=" + (HEIGHT+50);
      text = "<html><head><title>Zoom</title></head><body bgcolor='white'";
      if (timeout != 0) text +=" onLoad=\"setTimeout('window.close()', " + timeout*1000 + ");\"";
      text += "><center><a href='javascript:close();'><img src='" + URL + "' style='border: 1px solid #000000' alt='Click to close'></a>";
      if (timeout != 0) text +="<br><font face='arial, helvetica' size='-1'>Preview closes after " + timeout + " seconds.</font>";
      text += "</center></body></html>";

      preview = window.open("", "Preview", windowprops);
      preview.document.open();
      preview.document.write(text);
      preview.document.close();
  }

  nereidFadeObjects = new Object();
  nereidFadeTimers = new Object();
  function nereidFade(object, destOp, rate, delta){
  if (!document.all)
  return
  if (object != "[object]"){
        setTimeout("nereidFade("+object+","+destOp+","+rate+","+delta+")",0);
        return;
    }

    clearTimeout(nereidFadeTimers[object.sourceIndex]);

    diff = destOp-object.filters.alpha.opacity;
    direction = 1;
    if (object.filters.alpha.opacity > destOp){
        direction = -1;
    }
    delta=Math.min(direction*diff,delta);
    object.filters.alpha.opacity+=direction*delta;

    if (object.filters.alpha.opacity != destOp){
        nereidFadeObjects[object.sourceIndex]=object;
        nereidFadeTimers[object.sourceIndex]=setTimeout("nereidFade(nereidFadeObjects["+object.sourceIndex+"],"+destOp+","+rate+","+delta+")",rate);
    }
}



  function makevisible(cur,which)
  {
    if (which==0)
      cur.filters.alpha.opacity=100;
    else
      cur.filters.alpha.opacity=70;
  }

