<!--
var itv = 50;
var step = 10;
var start = 0;
var end = 0;
var currentOpac;
 
//change the opacity for different browsers
function changeOpac(obj, opacity) {
        var object = obj.style; 
        object.opacity = (opacity / 100);
        object.MozOpacity = (opacity / 100);
        object.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 100);
        object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")";
}
 
function BeginOpacity(obj, s, e)
{
        start = s;
        end = e;
        currentOpac = s;
        theobject=obj;
        changing=setInterval("opacityit(theobject)",itv);
}
 
function EndOpacity(obj, end){
        clearInterval(changing);
        changeOpac(obj, end);
}
 
function opacityit(obj){
        if(start > end) {
                if (currentOpac>end){
                        currentOpac = currentOpac - step;
                        changeOpac(obj,currentOpac);
                }
                else if (window.highlighting)
                        clearInterval(highlighting);
        } else if(start < end) {
                if (currentOpac<end){
                        currentOpac = currentOpac + step;
                        changeOpac(obj,currentOpac);
                }
                else if (window.changing)
                        clearInterval(changing);
        }
}
//-->