var isDOM = (document.getElementById ? true : false);
var isIE4 = ((document.all && !isDOM) ? true : false);
var isNS4 = (document.layers ? true : false);
// Hide timeout.
var popTimer = 0;
// Array showing highlighted menu items.
var litNow = new Array();
var menu = new Array();
 
// Default colours passed to most menu constructors (just passed to functions, not
// a global variable - makes things easier to change later in bulk).
var defOver = '#663300', defBack = '#B87E22';
 
// Default 'length' of menu items - item height if menu is vertical, width if horizontal.
var defLength = 22;

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<!-- Begin
function getRef(id) 
{
  if (isDOM) 
      return document.getElementById(id);
  if (isIE4) 
      return document.all[id];
  if (isNS4) 
      return document.layers[id];
}

function getSty(id) 
{
   return (isNS4 ? getRef(id) : getRef(id).style);
} 

function popOver(menuNum, itemNum) 
{
   clearTimeout(popTimer);
   hideAllBut(menuNum);
   litNow = getTree(menuNum, itemNum);
   changeCol(litNow, true);
   targetNum = menu[menuNum][itemNum].target;
   if (targetNum > 0) 
   {
      thisX = parseInt(menu[menuNum][0].ref.left) + parseInt(menu[menuNum][itemNum].ref.left);
      thisY = parseInt(menu[menuNum][0].ref.top) + parseInt(menu[menuNum][itemNum].ref.top);
      with (menu[targetNum][0].ref) 
      {
         left = parseInt(thisX + menu[targetNum][0].x);
         top = parseInt(thisY + menu[targetNum][0].y);
         visibility = 'visible';
      }
   }
}
function popOut(menuNum, itemNum) 
{
   if ((menuNum == 0) && !menu[menuNum][itemNum].target)
      hideAllBut(0)
   else
      popTimer = setTimeout('hideAllBut(0)', 500);
}
function getTree(menuNum, itemNum) 
{

// Array index is the menu number. The contents are null (if that menu is not a parent)
// or the item number in that menu that is an ancestor (to light it up).
   itemArray = new Array(menu.length);

   while(1) 
   {
      itemArray[menuNum] = itemNum;
      // If we've reached the top of the hierarchy, return.
      if (menuNum == 0) 
         return itemArray;
      itemNum = menu[menuNum][0].parentItem;
      menuNum = menu[menuNum][0].parentMenu;
   }
}

// Pass an array and a boolean to specify colour change, true = over colour.
function changeCol(changeArray, isOver) 
{
   for (menuCount = 0; menuCount < changeArray.length; menuCount++) 
   {
      if (changeArray[menuCount]) 
      {
         newCol = isOver ? menu[menuCount][0].overCol : menu[menuCount][0].backCol;
         // Change the colours of the div/layer background.
         with (menu[menuCount][changeArray[menuCount]].ref) 
         {
            if (isNS4) bgColor = newCol;
            else backgroundColor = newCol;
         }
      }
   }
}
function hideAllBut(menuNum) 
{
   var keepMenus = getTree(menuNum, 1);
   for (count = 0; count < menu.length; count++)
      if (!keepMenus[count])
         menu[count][0].ref.visibility = 'hidden';
   changeCol(litNow, false);
}

// *** MENU CONSTRUCTION FUNCTIONS ***

function Menu(isVert, popInd, x, y, width, overCol, backCol, borderClass, textClass) 
{
   // True or false - a vertical menu?
   this.isVert = isVert;
   // The popout indicator used (if any) for this menu.
   this.popInd = popInd
   // Position and size settings.
   this.x = x;
   this.y = y;
   this.width = width;
   // Colours of menu and items.
   this.overCol = overCol;
   this.backCol = backCol;
   // The stylesheet class used for item borders and the text within items.
   this.borderClass = borderClass;
   this.textClass = textClass;
   // Parent menu and item numbers, indexed later.
   this.parentMenu = null;
   this.parentItem = null;
   // Reference to the object's style properties (set later).
   this.ref = null;
}

function Item(text, href, frame, length, spacing, target) 
{
   this.text = text;
   this.href = href;
   this.frame = frame;
   this.length = length;
   this.spacing = spacing;
   this.target = target;
   // Reference to the object's style properties (set later).
   this.ref = null;
}

function writeMenus() 
{
   if (!isDOM && !isIE4 && !isNS4) 
      return;
   for (currMenu = 0; currMenu < menu.length; currMenu++) with (menu[currMenu][0]) 
   {
      // Variable for holding HTML for items and positions of next item.
      var str = '', itemX = 0, itemY = 0;
   
      // Remember, items start from 1 in the array (0 is menu object itself, above).
      // Also use properties of each item nested in the other with() for construction.
      for (currItem = 1; currItem < menu[currMenu].length; currItem++) with (menu[currMenu][currItem]) 
      {
         var itemID = 'menu' + currMenu + 'item' + currItem;
      
         // The width and height of the menu item - dependent on orientation!
         var w = (isVert ? width : length);
         var h = (isVert ? length : width);
      
         // Create a div or layer text string with appropriate styles/properties.
         // Thanks to Paul Maden (www.paulmaden.com) for helping debug this in IE4, apparently
         // the width must be a miniumum of 3 for it to work in that browser.
         if (isDOM || isIE4) 
         {
            str += '<div id="' + itemID + '" style="position: absolute; left: ' + itemX + '; top: ' + itemY + '; width: ' + w + '; height: ' + h + '; visibility: inherit; ';
           if (backCol)
              str += 'background: ' + backCol + '; ';
           str += '" ';
         }
         if (isNS4) 
         {
            str += '<layer id="' + itemID + '" left="' + itemX + '" top="' + itemY + '" width="' +  w + '" height="' + h + '" visibility="inherit" ';
            if (backCol) 
               str += 'bgcolor="' + backCol + '" ';
         }
         if (borderClass) 
            str += 'class="' + borderClass + '" ';

         // Add mouseover handlers and finish div/layer.
         str += 'onMouseOver="popOver(' + currMenu + ',' + currItem + ')" onMouseOut="popOut(' + currMenu + ',' + currItem + ')">';
   
         // Add contents of item (default: table with link inside).
         // In IE/NS6+, add padding if there's a border to emulate NS4's layer padding.
         // If a target frame is specified, also add that to the <a> tag.
      
         str += '<table width="' + (w - 8) + '" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="' + (!isNS4 && borderClass ? 3 : 0) + '"><tr><td align="left" height="' + (h - 7) + '">' + '<a class="' + textClass + '" href="' + href + '"' + (frame ? ' target="' + frame + '">' : '>') + text + '</a></td>';
         if (target > 0) 
         {

            // Set target's parents to this menu item.
            menu[target][0].parentMenu = currMenu;
            menu[target][0].parentItem = currItem;
         
            // Add a popout indicator.
            if (popInd) str += '<td class="' + textClass + '" align="right">' + popInd + '</td>';
         }
         str += '</tr></table>' + (isNS4 ? '</layer>' : '</div>');
         if (isVert) 
            itemY += length + spacing;
         else   
            itemX += length + spacing;
      }
      if (isDOM) 
      {
         var newDiv = document.createElement('div');
         document.getElementsByTagName('body').item(0).appendChild(newDiv);
         newDiv.innerHTML = str;
         ref = newDiv.style;
         ref.position = 'absolute';
         ref.visibility = 'hidden';
      }

      // Insert a div tag to the end of the BODY with menu HTML in place for IE4.
      if (isIE4) 
      {
         document.body.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeEnd', '<div id="menu' + currMenu + 'div" ' + 'style="position: absolute; visibility: hidden">' + str + '</div>');
         ref = getSty('menu' + currMenu + 'div');
      }

      // In NS4, create a reference to a new layer and write the items to it.
      if (isNS4) 
      {
         ref = new Layer(0);
         ref.document.write(str);
         ref.document.close();
      }

      for (currItem = 1; currItem < menu[currMenu].length; currItem++) 
      {
         itemName = 'menu' + currMenu + 'item' + currItem;
         if (isDOM || isIE4) 
            menu[currMenu][currItem].ref = getSty(itemName);
         if (isNS4) 
            menu[currMenu][currItem].ref = ref.document[itemName];
      }
   }
   with(menu[0][0]) 
   {
      ref.left = x;
      ref.top = y;
      ref.visibility = 'visible';
   }
}

function clickHandle(evt)
{
 if (isNS4) document.routeEvent(evt);
 hideAllBut(0);
}


// This is just the moving command for the example.

function moveRoot()
{
 with(menu[0][0].ref) left = ((parseInt(left) < 100) ? 100 : 5);
}