var currentDivIDCounter = "1";
		var currentDivID = "banner_div_1";
		var currentDiv = document.getElementById(currentDivID);

		if(currentDiv!=null) {
			currentDiv.style.display = "block";
			startBanner();
		}

		
        var x = 10
        var y = 1
        function startBanner(){
	        x = x-y	;        
	        setTimeout("startBanner()", 500);
	        if(x==0){
				hideAllBanner();
				showDiv(currentDivIDCounter);
				if(currentDivIDCounter == bannerCounter) {
					currentDivIDCounter = 1;
				}
				else {
					currentDivIDCounter ++;	
				}	    	 
				
		       x=10;
	           }
        }
		function hideAllBanner() {
			for(var i=1;i<=bannerCounter;i++) {
				var hideDivId = "banner_div_" + i;
				var billedeId = "billed_" + i;							
				var tableId = "banner_table_" + i;
				var hideDiv = document.getElementById(hideDivId);
				
				var str1 = hideDiv.style.display;
				var str2 = "block";
				var d =document.getElementById(hideDivId);
				var t =document.getElementById(tableId);	
	
				if(hideDiv.style.display=="block"){
					hideDiv.style.display = "none";
				}
	
				/*
				if(t.filters.alpha.opacity = 100) {
					opacity(tableId, 100, 0, 500, hideDivId);					
					//hideDiv.style.display = "none";
				}
				*/	
				
			}
		}

		function showDiv(divId) {

			var showDivID = "banner_div_" + divId;			
			var tableId = "banner_table_" + divId;
		
			var showDiv = document.getElementById(showDivID);
			showDiv.style.display = "block";
			//opacity(tableId, 0, 100, 500,"d");
			
			
		}
		
		
	function shiftOpacity(id, millisec) { 
    //if an element is invisible, make it visible, else make it ivisible 		
    if(document.getElementById(id).filters.alpha.opacity == 0) { 
        opacity(id, 0, 100, millisec); 
    } else { 
        opacity(id, 100, 0, millisec); 
    } 
} 

	function opacity(id, opacStart, opacEnd, millisec, divId) { 
		    //speed for each frame 	
			
			var divi = divId;
		    var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100); 
		    var timer = 0; 
		
		    //determine the direction for the blending, if start and end are the same nothing happens 
		    if(opacStart > opacEnd) { 
		        for(i = opacStart; i >= opacEnd; i--) { 
		            setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed), divi, true); 
		            timer++; 
		        } 
		    } else if(opacStart < opacEnd) { 
		        for(i = opacStart; i <= opacEnd; i++) 
		            { 
		            setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed), divi, false); 
		            timer++; 
		        } 
		    } 
		
		} 

		
		//change the opacity for different browsers 
		function changeOpac(opacity, id, divId, direction) { 
			document.getElementById(id).filters.alpha.opacity = opacity;
			if(direction && opacity==0) {			
				document.getElementById(divId).style.display = "none";
			}
			else if (!direction && opacity==100) {
				document.getElementById(divId).style.display = "block";
			}

		} 



	function changePictureForward() {
	  if (showing < maxpictures) {
	    showing++;
	    eval("document.images['billede'].src = '" + pictures[showing] + "'");
	  }
	  if (showing == maxpictures) {
	 	document.getElementById("next-picture").style.display = 'none';   				 	
	 	document.getElementById("next-picture-empty").style.display = 'inline';   				 	
	  }  
	  	
	   document.getElementById("previous-picture").style.display = 'inline';   				 	
	   document.getElementById("previous-picture-empty").style.display = 'none';   				 	
	}
	
	function changePictureBackward() {
	  if (showing > 0) {
	    showing--;
	    eval("document.images['billede'].src = '" + pictures[showing] + "'");				    
	  }
	  if (showing == 0) {
	 	document.getElementById("previous-picture").style.display = 'none';   				 	
	 	document.getElementById("previous-picture-empty").style.display = 'inline';   				 					 	
	  } 
	  
	  document.getElementById("next-picture").style.display = 'inline';   				 	
	  document.getElementById("next-picture-empty").style.display = 'none';   				 					  
	}
	
	  function pop(url, name) {
	  	win = open(url, name);
	  }
	  
	  function closeit() {
	    win.close();
	  }