			hideables=0;
			menuTimer=0;

function ov(myObj,myState,myStr,xA,yA,xB,yB) {
				clrT();
				highlight(myObj,myState);
				hA();
				sLs(myStr);
				sBB(xA,yA,xB,yB);
				}
			
function ou(myObj,myState) {
				clsT();
				highlight(myObj,myState)
				}
			
function highlight(that, state) {
				var newColor=state?'#ffffff':'#000000';
				var newBG=state?'#999999':'#cccccc';
				for (var i=0;i<that.parentNode.parentNode.childNodes.length;i++) {
			    	that.parentNode.parentNode.childNodes[i].style.backgroundColor=newBG;
		    		}
    			that.style.color=newColor;
				}
			
function clsT() {
				menuTimer=setTimeout("hideMenusAndIndicator()",1000);
				}
			
function clrT() {
				clearTimeout(menuTimer);
				}
				
function hideMenusAndIndicator() {
				hA();
				for (j=0;j<hideables.length;j++) { 
						showLayer(hideables[j][0]);
						}
					}
			
popped=new Array(0,0,0,0,0,0);
			
function menuItem(name,x,y,z,str,x1,y1,x2,y2,element) {
				sLP(name,x,y,z);
				ha();
				sLs(str);
				sBB(x1,y1,x2,y2);
				tOv(element);
				}
								
function popTop(menu,x1,y1,x2,y2) {
				menu--;
				hA();
					showLayer('m1l'+(menu+1));
					/* sBB(x1,y1,x2,y2); */
				}
			
function hA() { 
				hideLayer('m1l1','m1l2','m1l3','m1l4','m1l5','m1l6'); 
				}	
			
function sLs(str) {
				while (str.indexOf('l')>-1) {
					showLayer('m'+str);
					str=str.substring(0,str.lastIndexOf('l'));
					}
				}
				
function newImage(arg) {
				if (document.images) {
					rslt = new Image();
					rslt.src = arg;
					return rslt;
				}
			}
			
function changeImages() {
				if (document.images && (preloadFlag == true)) {
					for (var i=0; i<changeImages.arguments.length; i+=2) {
						document[changeImages.arguments[i]].src = changeImages.arguments[i+1];
					}
				}
			}
			
var preloadFlag = false;
if (document.images) {
				m_accueil_over = newImage("images/m_accueil1_over.png");
				m_sim_over = newImage("images/m_sim1_over.png");
				m_masters_over = newImage("images/m_masters1_over.png");
				m_open_over = newImage("images/m_open1_over.png");
				m_voyages_over = newImage("images/m_voyages1_over.png");
				m_journal_over = newImage("images/m_bridge1_over.png");
				preloadFlag = true;
			}
			
function tOv(element) {
				element.style.color='#ffffff';
				}
			
function tOf(element) {
				element.style.color='#000000';
				}
				
function showLayer() { 
			   var n=showLayer.arguments.length; 
			   for (var i=0; i<n; i++) { 
			     var lyr = getLayer(showLayer.arguments[i]); 
			     if(lyr) { 
				    	lyr.visibility="visible";
			     } 
			   } 
			} 
			
function hideLayer() { 
			   var n=hideLayer.arguments.length; 
			   for (var i=0; i<n; i++) { 
			     var lyr = getLayer(hideLayer.arguments[i]) 
			     if(lyr) { 
				    	lyr.visibility="hidden";
			     } 
			   } 
			} 
				
function sBB(x1,y1,x2,y2) {
				if (!hideables) {
					var myLayers=new Array();
					myLayers=document.getElementsByTagName('div');
					hideables= new Array();
					re=/^(swf|form)(\d+)l(\d+)l(\d+)l(\d+)$/;
					count=0;
					for (i=0; i<myLayers.length; i++) {
						a=myLayers[i].id.match(re);
						if (a != null) {
							hideables[count]=new Array();
							hideables[count][0]=myLayers[i].id;
							hideables[count][1]=RegExp.$2
							hideables[count][2]=RegExp.$3
							hideables[count][3]=RegExp.$4
							hideables[count][4]=RegExp.$5
							hideables[count][5]=RegExp.$6
							count++;
							}
						}
					}

				for (j=0;j<hideables.length;j++) {
					xx1=hideables[j][1];
					yy1=hideables[j][2];
					xx2=hideables[j][3];
					yy2=hideables[j][4];
					
					if (x2<xx1 || y2<yy1 || x1>xx2 || y1>yy2) {
						showLayer(hideables[j][0]);
						}
					else {
						hideLayer(hideables[j][0]);
						}
					}
				}

function sLP(name, x, y,z) { 
				var lyr = getLayer(name) 
				if(lyr) {
						lyr.left= x
						lyr.top=y
					if (z) {
						lyr.zIndex=z
						}
					} 
				} 
			
function getLayer(name) { 
				if(typeof name != "string") return name; 
					return document.getElementById(name).style;
				return null 
				} 
