var isMac = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Mac") != -1);

// vaiables to detect whether the IE is in the standards-compliant mode
var HM_IE = (document.all) ? true : false;
var HM_IECSS = (HM_IE && document.compatMode) ? document.compatMode ==  "CSS1Compat" : false;
var HM_IEDTD = (HM_IE && document.doctype) ? document.doctype.name.indexOf(".dtd")!=-1 : HM_IECSS;
var HM_IEnoDTD = HM_IE && !HM_IEDTD;



if (document.createElement) {
  // attach additional style sheet for DOM-supporting browsers
  var nLink = document.createElement("LINK");
  nLink.rel="StyleSheet";
  nLink.type="text/css";
  nLink.href="/axe/dom.css";
  var head = document.getElementsByTagName("HEAD").item(0);
  head.appendChild(nLink);
}

// attach additional style sheet for Netscape Navigator 4.x
if (document.layers) document.write('<LINK REL="STYLESHEET" TYPE="text/css" HREF="/axe/ns4.css">');

// attach additional style sheet for IE < 6.x or IE6.x NOT in the standards-compliant mode.
if (HM_IEnoDTD) document.write('<LINK REL="STYLESHEET" TYPE="text/css" HREF="/axe/ienoDTD.css">');
  

function globalInit() {
// pulldown menu + language menu images preload
preloadButtons('bt_mission','bt_axe','bt_board','bt_invest','bt_contact');
}


function f2overj(imgName,cStatus) {
  return f2over(imgName,cStatus,".jpg");
}

function f2over(imgName,cStatus,ext) {
  var img,pos;
  if (!ext) ext=".gif";
  if (!cStatus) cStatus = '';
  if (document.images) {
      var subdir="/files/btn/";
      img = 'document' + "['"+imgName+"']";
      img = eval(img);
      if (img) {
        if (img.src.substring((pos=img.src.lastIndexOf(ext)-3))=='_f2'+ext) {
          img.src = img.src.substring(0,pos) + img.src.substring(pos+3);
          window.status = ''; }
        else {
          img.src = img.src.substring(0,img.src.lastIndexOf(ext)) + '_f2' + ext;
          window.status = cStatus; }
      }
  }
return true;
}



function say(txt) {
 window.status = txt;
 return true;
}

function myalert(txt) {
 alert(txt);
 return false;
}



function preloadButtons() {
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.gosh_preload) d.gosh_preload=new Array();
    var i,j=d.gosh_preload.length,a=preloadButtons.arguments; 
    for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ 
       d.gosh_preload[j]=new Image; 
       d.gosh_preload[j++].src="/axe/files/btn/"+a[i]+"_f2.gif"; 
    }}
}

function preloadJPG() {
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.gosh_preload) d.gosh_preload=new Array();
    var i,j=d.gosh_preload.length,a=preloadJPG.arguments; 
    for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ 
       d.gosh_preload[j]=new Image; 
       d.gosh_preload[j++].src="/axe/files/btn/"+a[i]+"_f2.jpg"; 
    }}
}


var jobWin = null;

function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
  if (jobWin && !isMac&& jobWin.open) jobWin.close();
  //if (jobWin && jobWin.open) jobWin.close()
  jobWin = window.open(theURL,winName,features);
}



function isEmpty(s) {
  return ((s == null) || (s.length == 0))
}