function animateFade(lastTick, eid)
{ 
    var TimeToFade = 5000.0;
	var curTick = new Date().getTime();
	var elapsedTicks = curTick - lastTick;

	var element = document.getElementById(eid);

	if(element.FadeTimeLeft <= elapsedTicks)
	{

		element.style.opacity = element.FadeState == 1 ? '1' : '0';
		element.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity = ' + (element.FadeState == 1 ? '100' : '0') + ')';
		element.FadeState = element.FadeState == 1 ? 2 : -2;

		return;
	}

	element.FadeTimeLeft -= elapsedTicks;
	var newOpVal = element.FadeTimeLeft/TimeToFade;
	if(element.FadeState == 1)
		newOpVal = 1 - newOpVal;

	element.style.opacity = newOpVal;
	element.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity = ' + (newOpVal*100) + ')';

	setTimeout("animateFade(" + curTick + ",'" + eid + "')", 33);
}

function fade(eid) {
    var TimeToFade = 5000.0;
	var element = document.getElementById(eid);
	if(element == null)
	    return;
	
	element.style.display = 'block';
	
	if(element.FadeState == null)
	{
		element.FadeState = 2;
	}

	if(element.FadeState == 1 || element.FadeState == -1)
	{
		element.FadeState = element.FadeState == 1 ? -1 : 1;
		element.FadeTimeLeft = TimeToFade - element.FadeTimeLeft;

	}
	else
	{
		element.FadeState = element.FadeState == 2 ? -1 : 1;
		element.FadeTimeLeft = TimeToFade;
		setTimeout("animateFade(" + new Date().getTime() + ",'" + eid + "')", 33);
	}
}

function getQuerystring(key, default_)
{
  if (default_==null) default_=""; 
  key = key.replace(/[\[]/,"\\\[").replace(/[\]]/,"\\\]");
  var regex = new RegExp("[\\?&]"+key+"=([^&#]*)");
  var qs = regex.exec(window.location.href);
  if(qs == null)
    return default_;
  else
    return qs[1];
}