// finddom.js
// this file is necessary for correctly accessing and manipulating CSS objects
// on the screen via other JavaScript functions. Without the inclusion of this
// file, the majority of the client-side functionality will fail. Read the
// individual comments and function descriptions below to learn more about what
// is actually going on.


// initialize all variables...
var isDHTML = 0;
var isID = 0;
var isAll = 0;
var isLayers = 0;

// set variable values based on properties returned from the browser
if (document.getElementById) {isID = 1; isDHTML = 1;}
else {
if (document.all) {isAll = 1; isDHTML = 1;}
else {
browserVersion = parseInt(navigator.appVersion);
if ((navigator.appName.indexOf('Netscape') != -1) && (browserVersion == 4)) {isLayers = 1; isDHTML = 1;}
}}

// ##########################################################################
// findDOM - this function returns the appropriate document object reference
// of the object specified by objectID for the browser being used. The withStyle
// attribute can be a value of either 1 or 0 and indicates whether or not to
// return a style reference with the object.

function findDOM(objectID,withStyle) {
	if (withStyle == 1) {
		if (isID) { return (document.getElementById(objectID).style) ; }
		else { 
			if (isAll) { return (document.all[objectID].style); }
		else {
			if (isLayers) { return (document.layers[objectID]); }
		};}
	}
	else {
		if (isID) { return (document.getElementById(objectID)) ; }
		else { 
			if (isAll) { return (document.all[objectID]); }
		else {
			if (isLayers) { return (document.layers[objectID]); }
		};}
	}
	
} // end function findDOM(objectID,withStyle)

// ##########################################################################