var oldcolor = '#444499';//black will be changed by function getNormalColor
//------------------------------------------------------------------------
 function getNormalColor()
{
      oldcolor = document.getElementById('i1').style.backgroundColor ;
}
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
function hide()
{
//	alert("hello");
    e=document.getElementById("mainmenu");
	e.style.visibility = 'hidden';

       return true;
}
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
function m_menu_showhide()
{
       e=document.getElementById("mainmenu");

       if(e.style.visibility == 'hidden')
	{ e.style.visibility = 'visible';}
       else
	e.style.visibility = 'hidden';

       return true;
}
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 function invertItem(id)
 {
       //firefox
       newcolor = "#cc0000";
       document.getElementById(id).style.backgroundColor  = newcolor;
       //ie
       document.getElementById(id).style.filter = "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient (GradientType=1, startColorstr=#eb6666, endColorstr=#860000); ";

 }
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 function recolorItem(id)
 {
 // firefox
      document.getElementById(id).style.backgroundColor  = oldcolor;
//ie
       document.getElementById(id).style.filter = "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient (GradientType=1, startColorstr=#6666eb, endColorstr=#000099); ";
 }
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 function m_menu_itemClicked(href)
 {
 	e=document.getElementById("mainmenu");
	e.style.visibility = 'hidden'; 	 

     self.location = href;

 }
//================================================================================
//
//================================================================================

 e=document.getElementById("mainmenu");
 e.style.visibility = 'hidden';