SliderMenu.Registry = []
SliderMenu.aniLen = 350
SliderMenu.hideDelay = 300
SliderMenu.minCPUResolution = 10
// constructor
function SliderMenu(id, dir, left, top, width, height)
{
	this.ie = document.all ? 1 : 0
	this.ns4 = document.layers ? 1 : 0
	this.dom = document.getElementById ? 1 : 0
		if (this.ie || this.ns4 || this.dom) 
		{
			this.id = id
			this.dir = dir
			this.orientation = dir == "left" || dir == "right" ? "h" : "v"
			this.dirType = dir == "right" || dir == "down" ? "-" : "+"
			this.dim = this.orientation == "h" ? width : height
			this.hideTimer = false
			this.aniTimer = false
			this.open = false
			this.over = false
			this.startTime = 0
			this.gRef = "SliderMenu_"+id
			eval(this.gRef+"=this")
			SliderMenu.Registry[id] = this
			var d = document
			var strCSS = '<style type="text/css">';
			strCSS += '#' + this.id + 'Container { visibility:hidden; '
			strCSS += 'left:' + left + 'px; '
			strCSS += 'top:' + top + 'px; '
			strCSS += 'overflow:hidden; z-index:10000; }'
			strCSS += '#' + this.id + 'Container, #' + this.id + 'Content { position:absolute; '
			strCSS += 'width:' + width + 'px; '
			strCSS += 'height:' + height + 'px; '
			strCSS += 'clip:rect(0 ' + width + ' ' + height + ' 0); '
			strCSS += '}'
			strCSS += '</style>'
			d.write(strCSS)
			this.load()
		}
}

SliderMenu.prototype.load = function() 
{
	var d = document
	var lyrId1 = this.id + "Container"
	var lyrId2 = this.id + "Content"
	var obj1 = this.dom ? d.getElementById(lyrId1) : this.ie ? d.all[lyrId1] : d.layers[lyrId1]
	if (obj1) var obj2 = this.ns4 ? obj1.layers[lyrId2] : this.ie ? d.all[lyrId2] : d.getElementById(lyrId2)
	var temp
	if (!obj1 || !obj2) 
		window.setTimeout(this.gRef + ".load()", 100)
	else 
	{
		this.container = obj1
		this.menu = obj2
		this.style = this.ns4 ? this.menu : this.menu.style
		this.homePos = eval("0" + this.dirType + this.dim)
		this.outPos = 0
		this.accelConst = (this.outPos - this.homePos) / SliderMenu.aniLen / SliderMenu.aniLen 
		// set event handlers.
		if (this.ns4) this.menu.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEOVER | Event.MOUSEOUT);
		this.menu.onmouseover = new Function("SliderMenu.showMenu('" + this.id + "')")
		this.menu.onmouseout = new Function("SliderMenu.hideMenu('" + this.id + "')")
		//set initial state
		this.endSlide()
	}
}

SliderMenu.showMenu = function(id)
{
	var reg = SliderMenu.Registry
	var obj = SliderMenu.Registry[id]
	if (obj.container) 
	{
		obj.over = true
		for (menu in reg) if (id != menu) SliderMenu.hide(menu)
		if (obj.hideTimer) {  reg[id].hideTimer = window.clearTimeout(reg[id].hideTimer) }
		if (!obj.open && !obj.aniTimer) {reg[id].beginSlide(true);}
	}
}

SliderMenu.hideMenu = function(id)
{
	var obj = SliderMenu.Registry[id]
	if (obj.container) 
		{
			if (obj.hideTimer) window.clearTimeout(obj.hideTimer)
				obj.hideTimer = window.setTimeout("SliderMenu.hideAll()", SliderMenu.hideDelay);
		}
}

SliderMenu.hideAll = function()
{
	var reg = SliderMenu.Registry
	for (menu in reg) 
	{
		SliderMenu.hide(menu);
		if (menu.hideTimer) window.clearTimeout(menu.hideTimer);
	}
}

SliderMenu.hide = function(id)
{
	var obj = SliderMenu.Registry[id]
	obj.over = false
	if (obj.hideTimer) 
	window.clearTimeout(obj.hideTimer)
	obj.hideTimer = 0
	if (obj.open && !obj.aniTimer) obj.beginSlide(false)
}

SliderMenu.prototype.beginSlide = function(open) 
{
	this[open ? "onactivate" : "ondeactivate"]()
	this.open = open
	if (open) this.setVisibility(true)
	this.startTime = (new Date()).getTime() 
	this.aniTimer = window.setInterval(this.gRef + ".slide()", SliderMenu.minCPUResolution)
}

SliderMenu.prototype.slide = function() 
{
	var elapsed = (new Date()).getTime() - this.startTime
	if (elapsed > SliderMenu.aniLen) 
		this.endSlide()
	else 
	{
		var d = Math.round(Math.pow(SliderMenu.aniLen-elapsed, 2) * this.accelConst)
		if (this.open && this.dirType == "-") d = -d
		else if (this.open && this.dirType == "+") d = -d
		else if (!this.open && this.dirType == "-") d = -this.dim + d
		else d = this.dim + d
		this.moveTo(d)
	}
}

SliderMenu.prototype.endSlide = function() 
{
	this.aniTimer = window.clearTimeout(this.aniTimer)
	this.moveTo(this.open ? this.outPos : this.homePos)
	if (!this.open) this.setVisibility(false)
	if ((this.open && !this.over) || (!this.open && this.over)) 
	{
		this.beginSlide(this.over)
	}
}

SliderMenu.prototype.setVisibility = function(bShow) 
{
	var s = this.ns4 ? this.container : this.container.style
	s.visibility = bShow ? "visible" : "hidden"
}

SliderMenu.prototype.moveTo = function(p) 
{
	this.style[this.orientation == "h" ? "left" : "top"] = this.ns4 ? p : p + "px"
}

SliderMenu.prototype.getPos = function(c) 
{
	return parseInt(this.style[c])
}
SliderMenu.prototype.onactivate = function() { }
SliderMenu.prototype.ondeactivate = function() { }