// #############################################################################
// let's find out what DOM functions we can use
var vbDOMtype = '';
if (document.getElementById)
{
	vbDOMtype = "std";
}
else if (document.all)
{
	vbDOMtype = "ie4";
}
else if (document.layers)
{
	vbDOMtype = "ns4";
}

// make an array to store cached locations of objects called by fetch_object
var vBobjects = new Array();

// #############################################################################
// function to emulate document.getElementById
function fetch_object(idname, forcefetch)
{
	if (forcefetch || typeof(vBobjects[idname]) == "undefined")
	{
		switch (vbDOMtype)
		{
			case "std":
			{
				vBobjects[idname] = document.getElementById(idname);
			}
			break;

			case "ie4":
			{
				vBobjects[idname] = document.all[idname];
			}
			break;

			case "ns4":
			{
				vBobjects[idname] = document.layers[idname];
			}
			break;
		}
	}
	return vBobjects[idname];
}

// #############################################################################
// function to toggle the collapse state of an object, and save to a cookie
function toggle_collapse(objid)
{
	obj = fetch_object(objid);

	if (obj.style.display == "none")
	{
		obj.style.display = "";
	}
	else
	{
		obj.style.display = "none";
	}
	return false;
}