var grownUpBrowser = (document.getElementById || document.all || document.layers);
var day;
var dayName;
var month;
var monthName;
var year;
var shortDate;
var longDate;
var address = "";
var domain = "";
var copyright = "&copy;";
var emAdd = address + "@" + domain;
var phoneNumber = "";
var fax = "";
var DDSPEED = 10;
var DDTIMER = 15;
var OFFSET = -2;
var ZINT = 100;

function resolveDate()
{
  	var months = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December");
	var days = new Array("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday");

	var today = new Date();
	var weekDay;
  
	day = today.getDate();
	weekDay = today.getDay();
	dayName = days[weekDay];
	month = today.getMonth();
  	monthName = months[month];
  	year = today.getFullYear();
  	shortDate = day + " " + monthName;
	longDate = dayName + ", " + day + " " + monthName + " " + year;
}

function writeDate(element)
{
	if (!grownUpBrowser) return;
	resolveDate();
	writeToPage(element, longDate);
}

function lastModDate(element)
{
	x = new Date(document.lastModified);

	day = x.getDate();
	month = x.getMonth() + 1;
  	year = x.getFullYear();
	shortDate = day + "/" + month + "/" + year;
	writeToPage(element, shortDate);
}

function writeToPage(element, string)
{
	if (!grownUpBrowser) return;
	x = document.getElementById(element);
	x.innerHTML = string;
}

function show(element)
{
	x = document.getElementById(element);
	newText = x.innerHTML;
	x = document.getElementById('answer');
	x.innerHTML = newText;
}

function hide(element)
{
	x = document.getElementById(element);
	x.style.display = 'none';
}


function preloadImages()
{
	var picPath = "images/";
    var theImages = new Array;
    for(i=0; i<preloadImages.arguments.length; i++) 
		{
      theImages[i] = new Image();
      theImages[i].src = picPath + preloadImages.arguments[i];
		}
}

