/* Files Required

dropdown.css
detectIE.js
isMacPlatform.js
Written by Mariano S. Tanenglian, Jr. for Brandon Grossutti of Wolverton Securities.
Copyright © 2002. www.childoftheworld.com

*/

//global variables

function get_css_element(theElement){

	if (detectIE()) {
		css_docObj = "document.all.";
		css_styleObj = ".style";
	} else {
		css_docObj = "document.";
		css_styleObj = "";	
	}
	
		css_DOM = css_docObj + theElement + css_styleObj;
		return css_DOM;
}// end function get_css_element


function move_element(theElement, x, y){

	var moveElemObj
	
	moveElemObj = get_css_element(theElement);
	moveElemObj = eval(moveElemObj);
	
	if (detectIE()) {
		moveElemObj.pixelTop = x;
		moveElemObj.pixelLeft = y;
	} else {
		moveElemObj.top = x;
		moveElemObj.left = y;
	}
	
}

function uhide_elem(theElement, un_hide){

var Objya;
	
	if (detectIE()){
	
		Objya = eval(("document.all.tags('table').") + theElement + (".style"));
		if(Objya){
			Objya.visibility = un_hide;		
		} else {
			//alert("null obj @ css_styledhtml");
		}
	
	} else {
	
		moveElemObj = get_css_element(theElement);
		//alert("nottransformed" + moveElemObj);
		moveElemObj = eval(moveElemObj);
		//alert("transformed" + moveElemObj);
		//alert(moveElemObj.visibility);
		if (un_hide == 'visible'){
			un_hide = 'show';
		}
		moveElemObj.visibility = un_hide;
	
	}
	
}