var currentSlide = 1;
var numSlides = 9;


function opennew(newwindowname, nurl, t){
		<!-- sets left position of new windows to be 1/8 across screen -->
		leftpos="50"
		scwidth="600"
		scheight="450"
		if (screen){
		 leftpos=screen.width/8;
		 scwidth=screen.width - (leftpos+25);
		 scheight=(screen.height-t)-100;
		}
		
		
	    newwind = window.open(nurl,newwindowname,"left=" +leftpos+ ",top=" +t+",width="+scwidth+",height="+scheight+",scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,location=yes");  
		newwind.focus();
		}
	
function startslides()
{setTimeout('showNextSlide()',3000);
}

function getObj(name)
{
	if (document.getElementById)
	{
		this.obj = document.getElementById(name);
		this.style = document.getElementById(name).style;
	}
	else if (document.all)
		 {
			 this.obj = document.all[name];
			 this.style = document.all[name].style;
		 }
	else if (document.layers)
		 {
			 this.obj = document.layers[name];
			 this.style = document.layers[name];
		 }
}


function showNextSlide()
{
	var oldSlide = "image"+currentSlide;
	if (currentSlide == numSlides)
		currentSlide = 1;
	else
		currentSlide++;
	
	var newSlide = "image"+currentSlide;
	switchSlides(newSlide, oldSlide);
	setTimeout('showNextSlide()',3000);
}

function switchSlides(newSlide, oldSlide)
{
	var x= new getObj(newSlide);
	var y= new getObj(oldSlide);
	x.style.visibility="visible";
	y.style.visibility="hidden";
}