var vbmenu_usepopups = false;
var ignorequotechars = 0;
var mytimer = false;
var userAgent = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
var is_opera  = (userAgent.indexOf('opera') != -1);
var is_saf    = ((userAgent.indexOf('applewebkit') != -1) || (navigator.vendor == "Apple Computer, Inc."));
var is_webtv  = (userAgent.indexOf('webtv') != -1);
var is_ie     = ((userAgent.indexOf('msie') != -1) && (!is_opera) && (!is_saf) && (!is_webtv));
var is_ie4    = ((is_ie) && (userAgent.indexOf("msie 4.") != -1));
var is_moz    = ((navigator.product == 'Gecko') && (!is_saf));
var is_kon    = (userAgent.indexOf('konqueror') != -1);
var is_ns     = ((userAgent.indexOf('compatible') == -1) && (userAgent.indexOf('mozilla') != -1) && (!is_opera) && (!is_webtv) && (!is_saf));
var is_ns4    = ((is_ns) && (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 4));

var is_regexp = (window.RegExp) ? true : false;

var vbDOMtype = '';
if (document.getElementById)
{
	vbDOMtype = "std";
}
else if (document.all)
{
	vbDOMtype = "ie4";
}
else if (document.layers)
{
	vbDOMtype = "ns4";
}

var vBobjects = new Array();

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 showSummaryNewsSection(itemNo,on) {
	var itemObj;
	itemObj		= "abstract" + itemNo;
	itemObject	= fetch_object(itemObj);

	if(on) {
		itemObject.style.display			= "";
	}else{
		itemObject.style.display			= "none";

		if (intervalTime != 0) {
			window.clearInterval(intervalTime);
		}
	}
}

function setIntervalDelay(itemNo,on) {
	if (on) {
		intervalTime = window.setInterval("showSummaryNewsSection(" + itemNo + "," + on +")",400);
	} else {
		showSummaryNewsSection(itemNo,on);
	}
}