var LinkFadeRunning=false;
var LinkFadeInterval=30;
var LinkSteps=10;
var LinkStartColor="4e4e4e";
var LinkEndColor="CC0000"

if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE") != -1)
{
    document.onmouseover = theOnOver;
    document.onmouseout  = theOnOut;
}
else
{
    document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEOVER | Event.MOUSEOUT);
    document.onmouseover = theOnOver;
    document.onmouseout  = theOnOut;
}
function getStartColor(el)
{
if (el.currentStyle)
return (el.currentStyle.color).slice(1,8);
else if (document.defaultView)
{
//alert("color=[" + document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(el,'').getPropertyValue('color') + "]");
return LinkStartColor;
}
else
return LinkStartColor;
}


function findObj1(o)
{
      while (o && o.tagName != 'A')
            o = o.parentElement;
return(o);
}
function findObj2(o)
{
      while (o && o.nodeName != 'A')
            o = o.parentNode;
return(o);
}
function theOnOver(e)
{
var lnk;
if(window.event)
lnk=findObj1(event.srcElement);
else
lnk=findObj2(e.target);

if(lnk)
{
if(lnk.state == null)
{
lnk.state = "OFF";
lnk.index = 0;
lnk.startColor = getStartColor(lnk);
}

if(lnk.state == "OFF")
{
lnk.state = "FADE_UP";
start_fading();
}
else if( lnk.state == "FADE_UP_DOWN"
|| lnk.state == "FADE_DOWN")
{
lnk.state = "FADE_UP";
}
}
}
function theOnOut(e)
{
var lnk;
if(window.event)
lnk=findObj1(event.srcElement);
else
lnk=findObj2(e.target);

if(lnk)
{
if(lnk.state=="ON")
{
lnk.state="FADE_DOWN";
start_fading();
}
else if(lnk.state == "FADE_UP")
{
lnk.state="FADE_UP_DOWN";
}
}
}

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

function dec2hex(dec)
{
return(hexDigit[dec>>4]+hexDigit[dec&15]);
}

function hex2dec(hex)
{
return(parseInt(hex,16))
}
function getColor(f)
{
var r1 = hex2dec(f.startColor.slice(0,2));
var g1 = hex2dec(f.startColor.slice(2,4));
var b1 = hex2dec(f.startColor.slice(4,6));

var r2 = hex2dec(LinkEndColor.slice(0,2));
var g2 = hex2dec(LinkEndColor.slice(2,4));
var b2 = hex2dec(LinkEndColor.slice(4,6));

var r = Math.floor(r1+(f.index*(r2-r1))/(LinkSteps) + .5);
var g = Math.floor(g1+(f.index*(g2-g1))/(LinkSteps) + .5);
var b = Math.floor(b1+(f.index*(b2-b1))/(LinkSteps) + .5);

return("#" + dec2hex(r) + dec2hex(g) + dec2hex(b));
}
function setColor(lnk)
{
var theColor=getColor(lnk);
lnk.style.color=theColor;
}
function start_fading()
{
if(!LinkFadeRunning)
LinkFadeAnimation();
}
function LinkFadeAnimation()
{
LinkFadeRunning = false;
for(i=0 ; i<document.links.length ; i++)
{
var lnk = document.links[i];
if(lnk.state)
{
if(lnk.state == "FADE_UP")
{
if(lnk.index < LinkSteps)
lnk.index++;
else
lnk.index = LinkSteps;
setColor(lnk);

if(lnk.index == LinkSteps)
lnk.state="ON";
else
LinkFadeRunning = true;
}
else if(lnk.state == "FADE_UP_DOWN")
{
if(lnk.index < LinkSteps)
lnk.index++;
else
lnk.index = LinkSteps;
setColor(lnk);

if(lnk.index == LinkSteps)
lnk.state="FADE_DOWN";
LinkFadeRunning = true;
}
else if(lnk.state == "FADE_DOWN")
{
if(lnk.index > 0)
lnk.index--;
else
lnk.index = 0;
setColor(lnk);

if(lnk.index == 0)
lnk.state="OFF";
else
LinkFadeRunning = true;
}
}
}
if(LinkFadeRunning)
setTimeout("LinkFadeAnimation()", LinkFadeInterval);
}