<!-- Hide Script
// JavaScript Document

//this script preloads images
if(document.images){
	// counter
     var i = 0;

     // create object
     imageObj = new Image();

     // set image list
     images = new Array();
     images[0]="images/sacco.jpg"
     images[1]="images/founder.jpg"
     images[2]="images/parliament.jpg"
     images[3]="images/sacco_pics/scan00055.jpg"
	 images[4]="images/sacco_pics/SACCO2 001.jpg"
	 images[5]="images/sacco_pics/scan0007.jpg"
	
     // start preloading
     for(i=0; i<=6; i++) 
     {
          imageObj.src=images[i];
     }
} 

//this script handles the roll over mechanisms

	function move_in(img_name,img_src) {
	document[img_name].src=img_src;
	}

	function move_out(img_name,img_src) {
	document[img_name].src=img_src;
	}

//this script handles the clock at the top of the page
var clockID = 0;

function UpdateClock() {
   if(clockID) {
      clearTimeout(clockID);
      clockID  = 0;
   }

   var tDate = new Date();

   document.theClock.theTime.value = "" 
                                   + tDate.getHours() + ":" 
                                   + tDate.getMinutes() + ":" 
                                   + tDate.getSeconds();
   
   clockID = setTimeout("UpdateClock()", 1000);
}
function StartClock() {
   clockID = setTimeout("UpdateClock()", 500);
}

function KillClock() {
   if(clockID) {
      clearTimeout(clockID);
      clockID  = 0;
   }
}

//--> //end of hide script

//this script handles the drop down menu
var timeout	= 200;
var closetimer	= 0;
var ddmenuitem	= 0;

// open hidden layer
function mopen(id)
{	
	// cancel close timer
	mcancelclosetime();

	// close old layer
	if(ddmenuitem) ddmenuitem.style.visibility = 'hidden';

	// get new layer and show it
	ddmenuitem = document.getElementById(id);
	ddmenuitem.style.visibility = 'visible';

}
// close showed layer
function mclose()
{
	if(ddmenuitem) ddmenuitem.style.visibility = 'hidden';
}

// go close timer
function mclosetime()
{
	closetimer = window.setTimeout(mclose, timeout);
}

// cancel close timer
function mcancelclosetime()
{
	if(closetimer)
	{
		window.clearTimeout(closetimer);
		closetimer = null;
	}
}

// close layer when click-out
document.onclick = mclose;