<!--
//    function to return the pointer to a DOM object!

function getelement(myelement)
   {
   //alert( myelement );
   if (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) > 4)
       {                                                        // all version 5+ browsers
       var myObject = document.getElementById(myelement);
       return myObject.style
       }
   else if (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer")
       {                                                       // Old Internet Explorer Browsers
        return document.all[myelement].style
       }
   else if(navigator.appName == "Netscape")
       {                                                       //  Old Nagivator Browsers
       return document.layers[myelement]
       }
   alert( "please use IE of Navigator")
   return "error"
   }

//  -->