var tipTimer;
function locateObject(n, d) {   
	var p,i,x;
	if (!d) d=document;
	if ((p=n.indexOf("?")) > 0 && parent.frames.length) {   
		d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document;
		n=n.substring(0,p);
	}   
	if (!(x=d[n]) && d.all) x=d.all[n];
	for (i=0; !x&&i<d.forms.length; i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
	for (i=0; !x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length; i++) x=locateObject(n,d.layers[i].document); 
	return x;
}
function hideTooltip(object) {
	if (document.all) {
		locateObject(object).style.visibility="hidden"
		locateObject(object).style.left = 1;
		locateObject(object).style.top = 1;
		return false
	} else if (document.layers) {
		locateObject(object).visibility="hide"
		locateObject(object).left = 1;
		locateObject(object).top = 1;
		return false
	} else {
		var foo = false;
		if (foo = document.getElementById(object)) {
			foo.style.top = 1;
			foo.style.left = 1;
			foo.style.visibility = 'hidden';
		} else {
			return true;
		}
	}
}

function showTooltip(object,e, backcolor, bordercolor, textcolor, displaytime) {
	foo = document.getElementById(object);
	var posx = 0;
	var posy = 0;
	if (!e) var e = window.event;
	if (e.pageX || e.pageY) 	{
		posx = e.pageX;
		posy = e.pageY;
	}
	else if (e.clientX || e.clientY) 	{
		posx = e.clientX + document.body.scrollLeft
			+ document.documentElement.scrollLeft;
		posy = e.clientY + document.body.scrollTop
			+ document.documentElement.scrollTop;
	}
	foo.style.top = posy;
	foo.style.left = posx;
	foo.style.visibility="visible"

	return true;

}
