         var objNavMenu = null;
         var prevObjNavMenu = null;
         var prevObjDropMenu = null;
         var numDropMenu = 7;
         ////// link styles
         var bgLinkColor = '#cccccc';
         var bgLinkHover = '#ffffff'
         var bgLinkActive = '#000000'
         var linkColor = '#000000'
         var linkHover = '#000000'
         var linkActive = '#ffffff'
         
         var isIE = null;
         if (navigator.appName.indexOf('Microsoft Internet Explorer') != -1) isIE=1;

         function initDropMenu () {
            document.onclick = hideDropMenu;
            for (i=1; i<=numDropMenu; i++) {
               menuName = 'dropMenu' + i;
               navName = 'navMenu' + i;
               objDropMenu = document.getElementById(menuName);
               objNavMenu = document.getElementById(navName);
               objDropMenu.style.visibility = 'hidden';
               objNavMenu.onmouseover =  menuHover;
               objNavMenu.onmouseout = menuOut;
               objNavMenu.onclick = showDropMenu;
            }
            objNavMenu = null;
            return;
         }

         function  menuHover(e) {
            document.onclick = null;
            hoverObjNavMenu = document.getElementById(this.id);
            if (hoverObjNavMenu != objNavMenu) {
               hoverObjNavMenu.style.color = linkHover;
               hoverObjNavMenu.style.backgroundColor = bgLinkHover;
            }      
         }
         
         function menuOut (e) {
            document.onclick = hideDropMenu;
            outObjNavMenu = document.getElementById(this.id);
            if (outObjNavMenu != objNavMenu) {
               outObjNavMenu.style.color = linkColor;
               outObjNavMenu.style.backgroundColor = bgLinkColor;
            }
         }
         
         function showDropMenu(e) {
            menuName = 'drop' + this.id.substring(3,this.id.length);
            objDropMenu = document.getElementById(menuName);
            if (prevObjDropMenu == objDropMenu) {
                  hideDropMenu();
               return;
            }
            if (prevObjDropMenu != null) hideDropMenu();
            objNavMenu = document.getElementById(this.id);
            if ((prevObjNavMenu != objNavMenu ) || (prevObjDropMenu == null)) {
               objNavMenu.style.color = linkActive;
               objNavMenu.style.backgroundColor = bgLinkActive;
            }
            
            if (objDropMenu) {
               xPos = objNavMenu.offsetParent.offsetLeft + objNavMenu.offsetLeft;
               yPos = objNavMenu.offsetParent.offsetTop + objNavMenu.offsetParent.offsetHeight;
               if (isIE) {
                  yPos -= 0;
                  xPos -= 0;
               }
               objDropMenu.style.left = xPos + 'px';
               objDropMenu.style.top = yPos + 'px';
               objDropMenu.style.visibility = 'visible';
               prevObjDropMenu = objDropMenu;
               prevObjNavMenu = objNavMenu;
            }
         
         }
         
         function hideDropMenu() {
            document.onclick = null;
            if (prevObjDropMenu) {
               prevObjDropMenu.style.visibility = 'hidden';
               prevObjDropMenu = null;
               prevObjNavMenu.style.color = linkColor;
               prevObjNavMenu.style.backgroundColor = bgLinkColor;
            }
            objNavMenu = null;
         }

function newMessage(url) {
	popupWindow = window.open(
		url,'popUpWindow','height=450,width=675,left=200,top=300,resizable=yes,scrollbars=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=yes')
}
                  

