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  Copyright 2001-4 by Sharon Paine 
  See Terms of Use at www.dyn-web.com/bus/terms.html
  regarding conditions under which you may use this code.
  This notice must be retained in the code as is!
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function initScrollLayer() {
  // arguments: id of layer containing scrolling layers (clipped layer), id of layer to scroll, 
  // if horizontal scrolling, id of element containing scrolling content (table?)
  var wndo = new dw_scrollObj('wn', 'lyr1', 't1');
  
  // pass id('s) of scroll area(s) if inside table(s)
  dw_scrollObj.GeckoTableBugFix('wn'); 
}

function opacity(id, opacStart, opacEnd, millisec) { 
    //speed for each frame 
    var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100); 
    var timer = 0; 

    //determine the direction for the blending, if start and end are the same nothing happens 
    if(opacStart > opacEnd) { 
        for(i = opacStart; i >= opacEnd; i--) { 
            setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed)); 
            timer++; 
        } 
    } else if(opacStart < opacEnd) { 
        for(i = opacStart; i <= opacEnd; i++) 
            { 
            setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed)); 
            timer++; 
        } 
    } 
} 

//change the opacity for different browsers 
function changeOpac(opacity, id) { 
    var object = document.getElementById(id).style; 
    object.opacity = (opacity / 100); 
    object.MozOpacity = (opacity / 100); 
    object.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 100); 
    object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")"; 
}