// 
// Current version is tested only with Internet Explorer version 5.50

var openLayer = null;                       // the open layer set as null
var hideValue = (ns4 ? "hide" : "hidden");  // value to hide a layer
var showValue = (ns4 ? "show" : "visible"); // value to show a layer

function startLayer(name, title) {
   var s;
   if (ns4) {
      s = '<layer id=' + name + ' title=' + title + ' visibility=hide>'; }
   else {
      s = '<div   id=' + name + '>'; }
   document.write(s);
}

function endLayer() {
   var s;
   if (ns4) { s = '</layer>'; }
   else { s = '</div>'; }
   document.write(s);
}

function showLayer(name) {
   if (openLayer) {
      setVisibility(openLayer, hideValue); 
   }
   if (name) {
      setVisibility(name, showValue);
   }
   openLayer = name;
}

function setVisibility(name,seem) {
   if (ns4) {
      document.layers(name).visibility = seem; }
   else if (oper || ns5) {
      document.getElementById(name).style.visibility = seem; }
   else {
      document.all(name).style.visibility = seem; 
   }
}

var bannerBkColor = '#eaf8ff'; 

function createBanner(name, title) {
   var s = "";

   startLayer(name, title);
   s = '<table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=147 bgcolor=' + bannerBkColor + '>';
   s += '<tr><td width=147>';
   s += '<p class="latest">This text can be changed at any time!</p>'; 
   s += '<p class="latest"><a href="news01.html"><span class="redwood">Redwood Systems</span> has secured new contract with Virgin Mobile.</a></p>'; 
   s += '</td></tr>';
   s += '</table>';
   // New Zealand banner
   s = '<table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=147 bgcolor=' + bannerBkColor + '>';
   s += '<tr><td width=147>';
   s += '<p class="latest">Since August 2004 <span class="redwood">Redwood Systems</span> now has an Asia/Pacific presence based in Wellington, New Zealand.'; 
   s += '&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="news02.html">more>></a></p>'; 
   s += '</td></tr>';
   s += '</table>';
   // to hide the temporary part of the page remove the comment from following line
   // s = "";
   document.write(s);
   endLayer();
   return;
}