var intTimeStep=20;
var isIe=(window.ActiveXObject)?true:false;
var intAlphaStep=(isIe)?5:0.05;
var curSObj=null;
var curOpacity=null;
var stopTime=0;
function startObjMessage(objId)
{
 curSObj=document.getElementById(objId);
 if(isIe){curSObj.style.cssText='DISPLAY: none; Z-INDEX: 1; FILTER: alpha(opacity=0); POSITION: absolute;';}
 setMessage();
}

function setMessage()
{
 if(isIe){curSObj.filters.alpha.opacity=0;}
 else{curOpacity=0;curSObj.style.opacity=0}
 curSObj.style.display='';
 setMessageShow();
}
function setMessageShow()
{
 if(isIe)
 {
 curSObj.filters.alpha.opacity+=intAlphaStep;
 if (curSObj.filters.alpha.opacity<100) {setTimeout('setMessageShow()',intTimeStep);}
 else{stopTime+=5;if(stopTime<500){setTimeout('setMessageShow()',intTimeStep);}else{stopTime=0;setMessageClose();}}
 }else
 {
 curOpacity+=intAlphaStep;
 curSObj.style.opacity =curOpacity;
 if (curOpacity<1) {setTimeout('setMessageShow()',intTimeStep);}
 else{stopTime+=5;if(stopTime<200){setTimeout('setMessageShow()',intTimeStep);}else{stopTime=0;setMessageClose();}}
 }
}
function setMessageClose()
{
 if(isIe)
 {
 curSObj.filters.alpha.opacity-=intAlphaStep;
 if (curSObj.filters.alpha.opacity>0) {
 setTimeout('setMessageClose()',intTimeStep);
 }
 else {
 curSObj.style.display='none';
 }
 }
 else
 {
 curOpacity-=intAlphaStep;
 if (curOpacity>0) {
 curSObj.style.opacity =curOpacity;
 setTimeout('setMessageClose()',intTimeStep);
 }
 else {
 curSObj.style.display='none';
 }
 }

}