// JavaScript Document

window.onload = resizeColumns;

function resizeColumns() {
	var leftCol = $('subNavContainer');
	var rightCol = $('subContent');

	if(leftCol.offsetHeight> rightCol.offsetHeight)
		rightCol.style.height = leftCol.offsetHeight+"px";
	else
		leftCol.style.height = rightCol.offsetHeight+"px";
		
}

function grow(obj) {
	obj.className = "bigPicture";
	obj.src = obj.src.replace(".jpg","_l.jpg");
	obj.style.left = "-100px";
	obj.style.top = "-75px";
}

function shrink(obj) {
	obj.className = "";	
	obj.src = obj.src.replace("_l.jpg",".jpg");
}

function GetXmlHttpObject()
{ 
	var objXMLHttp=null;
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
	{
		objXMLHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
	}
	else if (window.ActiveXObject)
	{
		objXMLHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	}
	return objXMLHttp;
}

function $() {
	var elements = new Array();
	for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
		var element = arguments[i];
		if (typeof element == 'string')
			element = document.getElementById(element);
		if (arguments.length == 1)
			return element;
		elements.push(element);
	}
	return elements;
}

 function rmUnderline(obj) {
  $(obj).style.textDecoration='none';	
 }
 
 function showUnderline(obj) {
 	$(obj).style.textDecoration='underline';
 	}