var hT, sT;
    
function SmoothShow(objId, x)   
{ 
   var obj = document.getElementById(objId);
   op = (obj.style.opacity)?parseFloat(obj.style.opacity):parseInt(obj.style.filter)/100; 
	     
   if(op < x)  
   { 
      clearTimeout(hT);
      op += 0.05; 
      obj.style.opacity = op; 
      obj.style.filter='alpha(opacity='+op*100+')'; 
      sT=setTimeout('SmoothShow(\''+objId+'\', '+x+')',40); 
   } 
} 
	    
function SmoothHide(objId, x)   
{ 
   var obj = document.getElementById(objId);
   op = (obj.style.opacity)?parseFloat(obj.style.opacity):parseInt(obj.style.filter)/100; 
	     
   if(op > x)  
   { 
      clearTimeout(sT);
      op -= 0.05; 
      obj.style.opacity = op; 
      obj.style.filter='alpha(opacity='+op*100+')'; 
      hT=setTimeout('SmoothHide(\''+objId+'\', '+x+')',20); 
   } 
}