var teaser

function getElementStyle(elemID, IEStyleProp, CSSStyleProp) {									
//returns the value of the style property - in this case the url of the background image declared in the alternate style sheet
//note that the call is browser dependent 
    var elem = document.getElementById(elemID);																
    if (elem.currentStyle) {																									
        return elem.currentStyle[IEStyleProp];
    } else if (window.getComputedStyle) {
        var compStyle = window.getComputedStyle(elem, "");
        return compStyle.getPropertyValue(CSSStyleProp);
    }
    return "";
}
function carrot(elementid)  //read url of background image, store in a global variable (teaser), set background to transparent. 
{																															
var badelem = document.getElementById('punish');															 
teaser = getElementStyle('punish', "backgroundImage", "background-image"); 
document.getElementById('punish').style.background="transparent";
}
function stick(elementid)  //reapply background image from url stored in teaser
{
document.getElementById('punish').style.background=teaser;
}

function showmenu(elmnt){
document.getElementById(elmnt).style.visibility="visible";}

function hidemenu(elmnt){
document.getElementById(elmnt).style.visibility="hidden";}

function opacity(id, opacStart, opacEnd, millisec) {
	//speed for each frame
	var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100);
	var timer = 0;

	//determine the direction for the blending, if start and end are the same nothing happens
	if(opacStart > opacEnd) {
		for(i = opacStart; i >= opacEnd; i--) {
			setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed));
			timer++;
		}
	} else if(opacStart < opacEnd) {
		for(i = opacStart; i <= opacEnd; i++)
			{
			setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed));
			timer++;
		}
	}
}

//change the opacity for different browsers
function changeOpac(opacity, id) {
	var object = document.getElementById(id).style; 
	object.opacity = (opacity / 100);
	object.MozOpacity = (opacity / 100);
	object.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 100);
	object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")";
}

function shiftOpacity(id, millisec) {
	//if an element is invisible, make it visible, else make it ivisible
	if(document.getElementById(id).style.opacity == 0) {
		opacity(id, 0, 100, millisec);
	} else {
		opacity(id, 100, 0, millisec);
	}
}

function blendimage(divid, imageid, imagefile, millisec) {
	var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100);
	var timer = 0;
	
	//set the current image as background
	document.getElementById(divid).style.backgroundImage = "url(" + document.getElementById(imageid).src + ")";
	
	//make image transparent
	changeOpac(0, imageid);
	
	//make new image
	document.getElementById(imageid).src = imagefile;

	//fade in image
	for(i = 0; i <= 100; i++) {
		setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + imageid + "')",(timer * speed));
		timer++;
	}
}

function currentOpac(id, opacEnd, millisec) {
	//standard opacity is 100
	var currentOpac = 100;
	
	//if the element has an opacity set, get it
	if(document.getElementById(id).style.opacity < 100) {
		currentOpac = document.getElementById(id).style.opacity * 100;
	}

	//call for the function that changes the opacity
  opacity(id, currentOpac, opacEnd, millisec)
}