var displayWaitMessage = false;	// Display a please wait message while images are loading?
	
var activeImage = false;
var imageGalleryLeftPos = false;
var imageGalleryWidth = false;
var imageGalleryObj = false;
var maxGalleryXPos = false;
var slideSpeed = 0;
var imageGalleryCaptions = new Array();

function startSlide(e)
{
	if(document.all)e = event;
	var id = this.id;
	this.getElementsByTagName('IMG')[0].src = 'index-images/' + this.id + '_over.gif';	
	if(this.id=='arrow_right'){
		slideSpeedMultiply = Math.floor((e.clientX - this.offsetLeft) / 2);
		slideSpeed = -1*slideSpeedMultiply;
		slideSpeed = Math.max(-10,slideSpeed);
	}else{			
		slideSpeedMultiply = 10 - Math.floor((e.clientX - this.offsetLeft) / 2);
		slideSpeed = 1*slideSpeedMultiply;
		slideSpeed = Math.min(10,slideSpeed);
		if(slideSpeed<0)slideSpeed=10;
	}
}

function releaseSlide()
{
	var id = this.id;
	this.getElementsByTagName('IMG')[0].src = 'index-images/' + this.id + '.gif';
	slideSpeed=0;
}
	
function gallerySlide()
{
	if(slideSpeed!=0){
		var leftPos = imageGalleryObj.offsetLeft;
		leftPos = leftPos/1 + slideSpeed;
		if(leftPos>maxGalleryXPos){
			leftPos = maxGalleryXPos;
			slideSpeed = 0;
			
		}
		if(leftPos<minGalleryXPos){
			leftPos = minGalleryXPos;
			slideSpeed=0;
		}
		
		imageGalleryObj.style.left = leftPos + 'px';
	}
	setTimeout('gallerySlide()',20);
	
}

function showImage()
{
	if(activeImage){
		activeImage.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity=50)';	
		activeImage.style.opacity = 0.5;
	}	
	this.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity=100)';
	this.style.opacity = 1;	
	activeImage = this;	
}

function initSlideShow()
{
	document.getElementById('arrow_left').onmousemove = startSlide;
	document.getElementById('arrow_left').onmouseout = releaseSlide;
	document.getElementById('arrow_right').onmousemove = startSlide;
	document.getElementById('arrow_right').onmouseout = releaseSlide;
	
	imageGalleryObj = document.getElementById('theImages');
	imageGalleryLeftPos = imageGalleryObj.offsetLeft;
	imageGalleryWidth = document.getElementById('galleryContainer').offsetWidth - 80;
	maxGalleryXPos = imageGalleryObj.offsetLeft; 
	minGalleryXPos = imageGalleryWidth - document.getElementById('slideEnd').offsetLeft;
	var slideshowImages = imageGalleryObj.getElementsByTagName('IMG');
	for(var no=0;no<slideshowImages.length;no++){
		slideshowImages[no].onmouseover = showImage;
	}
	
	var divs = imageGalleryObj.getElementsByTagName('DIV');
	for(var no=0;no<divs.length;no++){
		if(divs[no].className=='imageCaption')imageGalleryCaptions[imageGalleryCaptions.length] = divs[no].innerHTML;
	}
	gallerySlide();
}

function showPreview(imagePath,imageIndex){
	var subImages = document.getElementById('previewPane').getElementsByTagName('IMG');
	
	if(subImages.length==0){
		var img = document.createElement('IMG');
		document.getElementById('previewPane').appendChild(img);
	}else img = subImages[0];
	
	if(displayWaitMessage){
		document.getElementById('waitMessage').style.display='inline';
	}

		
	img.onload = function() { hideWaitMessageAndShowCaption(imageIndex-1); };
	img.src = imagePath;
	initBannerLink();  // --------------- TURNS ON THE LINKS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- //
	
}


function initBannerLink() {
	var myBanner = document.getElementById("adBanner");
	//var myBant = document.getElementById('previewPane').appendChild(img);
	//if (document.getElementById('previewPane').appendChild(img))

	/// ------- Erics attend at linking the images ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ///
	//if (document.getElementById("adBanner").parentNode.tagName == "A")
//	{
//		if(document.getElementById('adBanner').src == "file:///Z:/Clients/Pfeiffer%20&%20Son/3327/html/index-images/image3_big.jpg")  // locally
//		//if(document.getElementById('adBanner').src == "http://marioninteractive.com/pfeiffer/index-images/image3_big.jpg")  // if uploaded
//		{
//			//document.write(document.getElementById('adBanner').src);
//			//alert("3big");
//			//document.write(document.getElementById('adBanner').href);
//			//document.write(document.getElementById("adBanner"). parentNode.onclick = newLocation);
//			//document.getElementById("commercial").onclick = "contact-thanks.htm";
//			//document.getElementById("adBanner").href = "contact-thanks.htm";
//			document.write(parentNode);
//		}
//		else
//		{
//			//document.write(document.getElementById('adBanner').src);
//			alert("sucks!!!");
//		}
//	}
//	else
//	{
//		alert("there is no anchor link on the banner image");
//	}
}

window.onload = initSlideShow;





// -------- LINKS --------- //
//
//window.onload = initBannerLink;
//
//var adImages = new Array("../_images/bkgd-blue-subpage.jpg","../_images/bkgd-blue.jpg","../_images/bkgd-footer.jpg","../_images/header_logo_pfeiffer_and_sons.png");
//var adURL = new Array("susprod.com","jupiter.com","microsoft.com","sun.com");
//var thisAd = 0;
//
//function rotate() {
// 	thisAd++;
// 	if (thisAd == adImages.length) {
//		thisAd = 0;
// 	}
// 	document.getElementById("adBanner").src = adImages[thisAd];
//
// 	setTimeout("rotate()", 2 * 1000);
//}
//
//
//function newLocation() {
// 	document.location.href = "http://www." + adURL[thisAd];
// 	return false;
//}
//
//function initBannerLink() {
// 	if (document.getElementById("adBanner"). parentNode.tagName == "A") {
//	document.getElementById("adBanner"). parentNode.onclick = newLocation;
// 	}
//
// 	rotate();
//}
//
// -------- /LINKS -------- //