function sf_getObj(name) {

	if (document.getElementById) { return document.getElementById(name); }

	else if (document.all) { return document.all[name]; }

	else if (document.layers) { return document.layers[name]; }

}



var numSteps1=0;

var startingRed1=0;

var startingGreen1=0;

var startingBlue1=0;

var endingRed1=0;

var endingGreen1=0;

var endingBlue1=0;

var deltaRed1=0;

var deltaGreen1=0;

var deltaBlue1=0;

var currentRed1=0;

var currentGreen1=0;

var currentBlue1=0;

var currentStep1=0;

var timerID1=55;



function startFadeDec_mes(fade_obj,suffix,to_exec,ch_prop,startR, startG, startB, endR, endG, endB, nSteps) {

	currentRed1=startingRed1=parseInt(startR, 10);

	currentGreen1=startingGreen1=parseInt(startG, 10);

	currentBlue1=startingBlue1=parseInt(startB, 10);

	endingRed1=parseInt(endR, 10);

	endingGreen1=parseInt(endG, 10);

	endingBlue1=parseInt(endB, 10);

	numSteps1=parseInt(nSteps, 10);

	deltaRed1=(endingRed1-startingRed1)/numSteps1;

	deltaGreen1=(endingGreen1-startingGreen1)/numSteps1;

	deltaBlue1=(endingBlue1-startingBlue1)/numSteps1;

	currentStep1=0;

	fade_mes(fade_obj,suffix,to_exec,ch_prop);

}



function fade_mes(fade_obj,suffix,to_exec,ch_prop) {

	currentStep1++;

	if (currentStep1<=numSteps1) {

		var hexRed=decToHex_mes(currentRed1);

		var hexGreen=decToHex_mes(currentGreen1);

		var hexBlue=decToHex_mes(currentBlue1);

		var color="#"+hexRed+""+hexGreen+""+hexBlue+"";

		eval('sf_getObj(\''+fade_obj+suffix+'\').style.'+ch_prop+' = color');

		currentRed1+=deltaRed1; currentGreen1+=deltaGreen1; currentBlue1+=deltaBlue1;

	  	timerID=setTimeout("fade_mes('"+fade_obj+"', '"+suffix+"', '"+to_exec+"', '"+ch_prop+"')", 20); // sets timer

	}

	else {

		var hexRed=decToHex_mes(endingRed1);

		var hexGreen=decToHex_mes(endingGreen1);

		var hexBlue=decToHex_mes(endingBlue1);

		var color="#"+hexRed+""+hexGreen+""+hexBlue+"";

		eval('sf_getObj(\''+fade_obj+suffix+'\').style.'+ch_prop+' = color');

		if (to_exec != '') {

			eval(to_exec);

		}

	}

}



function decToHex_mes(decNum) {

	decNum=Math.floor(decNum);

	var decString=""+decNum;

	for (var i=0; i<decString.length; i++) {

		if (decString.charAt(i)>='0' && decString.charAt(i)<='9'){	}

		else {

 			return decNum;

		}

	}

	var result=decNum;

	var remainder="";

	var hexNum="";

	var hexAlphabet=new Array("0","1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","A","B","C","D","E","F");

	while (result>0) {

		result=Math.floor(decNum/16);

		remainder=decNum%16;

		decNum=result;

		hexNum=""+hexAlphabet[remainder]+""+hexNum;

	};

	if (hexNum.length==1) hexNum="0"+hexNum;

	else if (hexNum.length==0) hexNum="00";

	return hexNum;

}   



function ShowMessage(msg_obj,stat,mes) {

	var mes_span = sf_getObj(msg_obj);

	if (stat == 1) {

		mes_span.innerHTML = mes;

		mes_span.style.visibility = "visible";

		startFadeDec_mes(msg_obj,'','','color',250,250,250, 200,0,0, 30);

	}

	else {

		mes_span.style.visibility = "hidden";

	}

}