<!--
// 2010-09-12  hhl  Preload thumbnail images to get them into the browser's cache: 
// Make them download & draw *before* the large images in case the user has a slower connection.

function preloadThumbs(count)
{
  var leadingZero;
  var thumbArray = new Array();
  for (var i=1; i<=count; i++)
  {
    thumbArray[i] = new Image();
    if (i<=9) 
		  leadingZero = "0"; 
		else 
		  leadingZero = "";
    thumbArray[i].src = "thumbs/" + leadingZero + i + ".gif"
  }
}

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;
function preloadImages() {
if (document.images) {
NISnavbar_01_over = newImage("../../../images/NISnavbar_01-over.jpg");
NISnavbar_03_over = newImage("../../../images/NISnavbar_03-over.jpg");
NISnavbar_04_over = newImage("../../../images/NISnavbar_04-over.jpg");
NISnavbar_05_over = newImage("../../../images/NISnavbar_05-over.jpg");
NISnavbar_06_over = newImage("../../../images/NISnavbar_06-over.jpg");
NISnavbar_07_over = newImage("../../../images/NISnavbar_07-over.jpg");
NISnavbar_08_over = newImage("../../../images/NISnavbar_08-over.jpg");
NISnavbar_09_over = newImage("../../../images/NISnavbar_09-over.jpg");
NISnavbar_10_over = newImage("../../../images/NISnavbar_10-over.jpg");
NISnavbar_11_over = newImage("../../../images/NISnavbar_11-over.jpg");
preloadFlag = true;
}
}

// -->