var pictureLoop = true;

var secondsChange = 3;
var newsIndex = -1;
var numItems  = 0;
var timerid = 0;
var itemClicked= false

var InImg_MainNewsEach = "url(../gfx/bluPixTopMenu_52.bmp)";
var OutImg_MainNewsEach = "url(../gfx/bluPixTopMenu_52_invert.bmp)";

var artIds    = new Array();
var preTitles = new Array();
var titles    = new Array();
var pics      = new Array();
var picComments= new Array();
var years     = new Array();
var divBriefIds= new Array();
var divImgids  = new Array();

var ix= -1;//array index

var thesite = "http://www.almitro.com/";

var ColorMouseOut= "#444485"; //"#accbef";
var colorHighlight = "#7777b8"; //"#ceddff";


//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
function populateArrays(art, pre, tit, pic, com, yr, brid, divimgid)
{
      ix++;
      
      artIds[ix]   = art;
      preTitles[ix]= pre;
      titles[ix]   = tit;
      pics[ix]     = pic;
      picComments[ix] = com;
      years[ix]    = yr;
      divBriefIds[ix]  = brid;
      divImgids[ix] = divimgid;

      numItems ++;

//	  document.getElementById(brid).style.backgroundColor = ColorMouseOut;
}
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
function setTimer()
{
    secondsChange = secondsChange * 1000;
	itemClicked = false;

    if(pictureLoop)
	    timerid = setInterval('changeMainNews()', secondsChange);

}
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function itemclicked(trueFalse)
{
    itemClicked = trueFalse; 
    clearInterval(timeid);
}
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function changeMainNews()
{
	if(itemClicked)
	    return;

	newsIndex ++;
	if(newsIndex >= numItems)
		newsIndex = 0;

    newsMainDoChange(newsIndex);

}
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
function newsMainMouseOver(counter)
{
       itemClicked = true;
       newsMainDoChange(counter);
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
function newsMainDoChange(ni)
{
      var artid    = artIds[ni];
      var preTitle = preTitles[ni];
      var title    = titles[ni];
      var pic      = pics[ni];
      
//      var picCom   = picComments[ni];
//"<div id=\"newsboard_picbanner\" style=\"color=#cccccc; margin-bottom: 40px;\">" + 
      var picCom   = "<font dir=rtl style='color: #ffbbbb; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bolder;'>" + preTitle + "</font>" + "<br />" + title;      
//  alert(picCom) ;   
      var yr       = years[ni];
      var divBrief = divBriefIds[ni];
      var divImgId = divImgids[ni] ;

      for(i=0; i< numItems; i=i+1)
      {
		document.getElementById(divImgids[i]).style.visibility="hidden";
		document.getElementById(divBriefIds[i]).style.backgroundColor = ColorMouseOut; 	
		document.getElementById(divBriefIds[i]).style.backgroundImage = InImg_MainNewsEach;
      }
		document.getElementById(divBrief).style.backgroundImage = OutImg_MainNewsEach;        
        document.getElementById(divBrief).style.backgroundColor = colorHighlight;         
	 	document.getElementById(divImgId).style.visibility="visible";

		document.getElementById('newsboard_maintitle_pre').innerHTML = "<a class='mainTitlepre' href=\"" + thesite + yr +"/"+ artid + ".html\">" + preTitle +"</a>";
       
		document.getElementById('newsboard_maintitle').innerHTML = "<a class='mainTitle' href=\"" +thesite+yr+"/"+ artid + ".html\">" + title + "</a>";
 
		document.getElementById('newsboard_picbanner').innerHTML = "<span class='mainNewsPhotoTitle'>" + picCom + "</span>";
  
//        if(imagecomment == '')         	
/**/        if(picCom == '')
        	document.getElementById('newsboard_picbanner').style.visibility = "hidden";
        else
        	document.getElementById('newsboard_picbanner').style.visibility = "visible";

}
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function showPicDiv(seq)
{
var numItemsPlusOne = numItems ;

	for(i=1; i< numItemsPlusOne; i=i+1)
	{
		var theid = 'newsboard_pic_' + i;

		if(i == seq)
			document.getElementById(theid).style.visibility="visible";
		else
			document.getElementById(theid).style.visibility="hidden";		
	}

}
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function gotolink(addr)
{
//	alert(addr);
	window.location=addr;
}