//names of dropdowns stored here
menu_droplayer=new Array();
menu_droplayer[0]="News";
menu_droplayer[1]="Products";
menu_droplayer[2]="Distributors";
menu_droplayer[3]="Contact";
var src;

//simple browser check
var browser_ie;
var browser_ns;
var browser_v4;
browser_v4=(parseInt(navigator.appVersion)>=4)?1:0;
browser_ie=(document.all && browser_v4)?1:0;
browser_ns=(document.layers && browser_v4)?1:0;

function menuOn(the_layer){
		if(browser_ie){ 
			//alert(mnuNews.offsetLeft);
			eval(menu_droplayer[the_layer]+'.style.visibility="visible"');
			eval(menu_droplayer[the_layer]+'.style.top = mnu'+menu_droplayer[the_layer]+'.offsetTop');
			eval(menu_droplayer[the_layer]+'.style.left = mnu'+menu_droplayer[the_layer]+'.clientWidth + mnu'+menu_droplayer[the_layer]+'.offsetLeft');
		}
		if(browser_ns){ 
			eval('document.'+menu_droplayer[the_layer]+'.style.top = mnu'+menu_droplayer[the_layer]+'.offsetTop');
			eval('document.'+menu_droplayer[the_layer]+'.style.left = mnu'+menu_droplayer[the_layer]+'.clientWidth + mnu'+menu_droplayer[the_layer]+'.offsetLeft');
			eval('document.'+menu_droplayer[the_layer]+'.visibility="show"');
		}
	}

function menuOff(the_layer) {
		if(browser_ie){ 
			eval(menu_droplayer[the_layer]+'.style.visibility="hidden"');
		}
		if(browser_ns){ 
			eval('document.'+menu_droplayer[the_layer]+'.visibility="hide"');
		}
}	

function menuOffAll() {
	for(i = 0; i < menu_droplayer.length; i++){  
		if(browser_ie){ 
			eval(menu_droplayer[i]+'.style.visibility="hidden"')
		}
		if(browser_ns){ 
			eval('document.'+menu_droplayer[i]+'.visibility="hide"')
		}
	}
}

function redirect(newURL, newWindow) {
	if (!newWindow) {
		location.href = newURL;
	} else {
		window.open("http://"+newURL);
	}
}