var timeout	= 500;
var closetimer	= 0;
var ddmenuitem	= 0;

// open hidden layer
function mopen(id)
{	
	// cancel close timer
	mcancelclosetime();

	// close old layer
	if(ddmenuitem) ddmenuitem.style.visibility = 'hidden';

	// get new layer and show it
	ddmenuitem = document.getElementById(id);
	ddmenuitem.style.visibility = 'visible';

}
// close showed layer
function mclose()
{
	if(ddmenuitem) ddmenuitem.style.visibility = 'hidden';
}

// go close timer
function mclosetime()
{
	closetimer = window.setTimeout(mclose, timeout);
}

// cancel close timer
function mcancelclosetime()
{
	if(closetimer)
	{
		window.clearTimeout(closetimer);
		closetimer = null;
	}
}

// close layer when click-out
document.onclick = mclose; 

function bookmark(url, sitename)
{
  ns="Netscape and FireFox users, use CTRL+D to bookmark this site."
  if ((navigator.appName=='Microsoft Internet Explorer') &&
    (parseInt(navigator.appVersion)>=4))
  {
    window.external.AddFavorite(url, sitename);
  }
  else if (navigator.appName=='Netscape')
  {
     window.sidebar.addPanel(sitename, url,"");
  }
}