function detectBrowser() { 
    var BO = new Object(); 
    BO["ie"]        = false /*@cc_on || true @*/; 
    BO["ie4"]       = BO["ie"] && (document.getElementById == null); 
    BO["ie5"]       = BO["ie"] && (document.namespaces == null) && (!BO["ie4"]); 
    BO["ie6"]       = BO["ie"] && (document.implementation != null) && (document.implementation.hasFeature != null) && (window.XMLHttpRequest == null);
    BO["ie55"]      = BO["ie"] && (document.namespaces != null) && (!BO["ie6"]); 
    BO["ie7"]       = BO["ie"] && (document.implementation != null) && (document.compatMode != null) && (window.XMLHttpRequest != null);
    BO["ns4"]       = !BO["ie"] &&  (document.layers != null) &&  (window.confirm != null) && (document.createElement == null); 
    BO["opera"]     = (self.opera != null); 
    BO["gecko"]     = (document.getBoxObjectFor != null); 
    BO["khtml"]     = (navigator.vendor == "KDE"); 
    BO["konq"]      = ((navigator.vendor == 'KDE') || (document.childNodes) && (!document.all) && (!navigator.taintEnabled)); 
    BO["safari"]    = (document.childNodes) && (!document.all) && (!navigator.taintEnabled) && (!navigator.accentColorName); 
    BO["safari1.2"] = (parseInt(0).toFixed == null) && (BO["safari"] && (window.XMLHttpRequest != null)); 
    BO["safari2.0"] = (parseInt(0).toFixed != null) && BO["safari"] && !BO["safari1.2"]; 
    BO["safari1.1"] = BO["safari"] && !BO["safari1.2"] && !BO["safari2.0"]; 
    return BO; 
} 
 
var BO = new detectBrowser(); 

// START OF MESSAGE SCRIPT //

var MSGTIMER = 20;
var MSGSPEED = 5;
var MSGOFFSET = 3;
var MSGHIDE = 3;

// build out the divs, set attributes and call the fade function //
function inlineMsg(target,string,autohide) {
  var msg;
  var msgcontent;
  if(!document.getElementById('msg')) {
    msg = document.createElement('div');
    msg.id = 'msg';
    msgcontent = document.createElement('div');
    msgcontent.id = 'msgcontent';
    document.body.appendChild(msg);
    msg.appendChild(msgcontent);
	
	if (!(BO["ie6"] || BO["ie55"]))
	{
		msg.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity=0)';
	}
	msg.style.opacity = 0;
	msg.alpha = 0;
  } else {
    msg = document.getElementById('msg');
    msgcontent = document.getElementById('msgcontent');
  }
  msgcontent.innerHTML = string;
  msg.style.display = 'block';
  var msgheight = msg.offsetHeight;
  var targetdiv = document.getElementById(target);
  targetdiv.focus();
  var targetheight = targetdiv.offsetHeight;
  var targetwidth = targetdiv.offsetWidth;
  var topposition = topPosition(targetdiv) - ((msgheight - targetheight) / 2);
  var leftposition = leftPosition(targetdiv) + targetwidth + MSGOFFSET;
  msg.style.top = topposition + 'px';
  msg.style.left = leftposition + 'px';
  
  	if (BO["ie6"] || BO["ie55"])
	{
		var iFrame = document.createElement("IFRAME");
		iFrame.setAttribute("src", "");
		
		//Match IFrame position with divPopup
		iFrame.style.position="absolute";
		iFrame.style.left = msgcontent.offsetLeft + 'px';
		iFrame.style.top = msgcontent.offsetTop + 'px';
		iFrame.style.width = msgcontent.offsetWidth + 'px';
		iFrame.style.height = msgcontent.offsetHeight + 'px';
		iFrame.frameBorder = 0;
		iFrame.scrolling = "no";
		iFrame.style.filter = "alpha(opacity=0)";
		msg.appendChild(iFrame);
	}
	
  clearInterval(msg.timer);
  msg.timer = setInterval("fadeMsg(1)", MSGTIMER);
  if(!autohide) {
    autohide = MSGHIDE;  
  }
  window.setTimeout("hideMsg()", (autohide * 1000));
}

// hide the form alert //
function hideMsg(msg) {
  var msg = document.getElementById('msg');
  if(!msg.timer) {
    msg.timer = setInterval("fadeMsg(0)", MSGTIMER);
  }
}

// face the message box //
function fadeMsg(flag) {
  if(flag == null) {
    flag = 1;
  }
  var msg = document.getElementById('msg');
  var value;
  if(flag == 1) {
    value = msg.alpha + MSGSPEED;
  } else {
    value = msg.alpha - MSGSPEED;
  }
  msg.alpha = value;
  msg.style.opacity = (value / 100);
  if (!(BO["ie6"] || BO["ie55"]))
  {
	  msg.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity=' + value + ')';
  }
  if(value >= 99) {
    clearInterval(msg.timer);
    msg.timer = null;
  } else if(value <= 1) {
    msg.style.display = "none";
    clearInterval(msg.timer);
  }
}

// calculate the position of the element in relation to the left of the browser //
function leftPosition(target) {
  var left = 0;
  if(target.offsetParent) {
    while(1) {
      left += target.offsetLeft;
      if(!target.offsetParent) {
        break;
      }
      target = target.offsetParent;
    }
  } else if(target.x) {
    left += target.x;
  }
  return left;
}

// calculate the position of the element in relation to the top of the browser window //
function topPosition(target) {
  var top = 0;
  if(target.offsetParent) {
    while(1) {
      top += target.offsetTop;
      if(!target.offsetParent) {
        break;
      }
      target = target.offsetParent;
    }
  } else if(target.y) {
    top += target.y;
  }
  return top;
}

// preload the arrow //
if(document.images) {
  arrow = new Image(7,80); 
  arrow.src = "images/msg_arrow.gif"; 
}