var horizontal_offset="6px"; //horizontal offset of hint box from anchor link
var vertical_offset="-10px"; //horizontal offset of hint box from anchor link. No need to change.
var ie=document.all;
var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all;

function iecompattest()
{
	return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
}

function getposOffset(what, offsettype)
{
	var totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? what.offsetLeft : what.offsetTop;
	var parentEl=what.offsetParent;
	while (parentEl!=null)
	{
		totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? totaloffset+parentEl.offsetLeft : totaloffset+parentEl.offsetTop;
		parentEl=parentEl.offsetParent;
	}
	return totaloffset;
}

function clearbrowseredge(obj, whichedge)
{
	var edgeoffset=(whichedge=="rightedge")? parseInt(horizontal_offset)*-1 : parseInt(vertical_offset)*-1;
	if (whichedge=="rightedge")
	{
		var windowedge=ie && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollLeft+iecompattest().clientWidth-30 : window.pageXOffset+window.innerWidth-40;
		dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetWidth;
		if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.x < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure)
			edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure+obj.offsetWidth+parseInt(horizontal_offset);
	}
	else
	{
		var windowedge=ie && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollTop+iecompattest().clientHeight-15 : window.pageYOffset+window.innerHeight-18;
		dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetHeight;
		if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.y < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure);
		edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure-obj.offsetHeight;
	}
	return edgeoffset;
}

function showhint(menucontents, obj, e, tipwidth)
{
	if ((ie||ns6) && document.getElementById("hintbox"))
	{
		dropmenuobj=document.getElementById("hintbox");
		menucontents="<div id=new_>"+ menucontents +"</div>";
		dropmenuobj.innerHTML=menucontents;
		dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.style.top=-500;
		if (tipwidth!="")
		{
			dropmenuobj.widthobj=dropmenuobj.style;
			dropmenuobj.widthobj.width=tipwidth;
		}
		dropmenuobj.x=getposOffset(obj, "left");
		dropmenuobj.y=getposOffset(obj, "top");
		dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.x-clearbrowseredge(obj, "rightedge")+obj.offsetWidth+"px";
		dropmenuobj.style.top=dropmenuobj.y-clearbrowseredge(obj, "bottomedge")+"px";
		dropmenuobj.style.visibility="visible";
		//obj.onblur=hidetip;
	}
}

function hidetip()
{
	dropmenuobj=document.getElementById("hintbox");
	dropmenuobj.style.visibility="hidden";
	dropmenuobj.style.left="-500px";
}

function createhintbox()
{
	var divblock=document.createElement("div");
	divblock.setAttribute("id", "hintbox");
	document.body.appendChild(divblock);
}