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// NS4-6,IE4-6
// Fade effect only in IE; degrades gracefully

var firstTime = 1;
var t;
var j = 0;
var preLoad = new Array();

function preloadImgs() {
  if (maxPicNum>1) {
    var imgURL=document.images.slideShow.src;
    var ext=imgURL.substring(imgURL.lastIndexOf('.')+1,imgURL.length);
    imgURL=imgURL.substring(0,imgURL.lastIndexOf('_')+1);
    for (i=1;i<=maxPicNum;i++){
       preLoad[i-1]=new Image();
       preLoad[i-1].src=imgURL+i+'.'+ext;
    }
  }
}

function runSlideShow(){
   if(firstTime==1){
     preloadImgs();
     speedMSFade = (speedMS/3);
	   firstTime=0;
   } else {
     speedMSFade = speedMS;
   }
   if (document.all){
      document.images.slideShow.style.filter="blendTrans(duration=2)"
      document.images.slideShow.style.filter="blendTrans(duration=fadeDur)"
      document.images.slideShow.filters.blendTrans.Apply()      
   }
   document.images.slideShow.src = preLoad[j].src
   if (document.all){
      document.images.slideShow.filters.blendTrans.Play()
   }
   j = j + 1
   if (j > (maxPicNum-1)) j=0
   t = setTimeout('runSlideShow()', speedMSFade)
}