// overly simplistic test for IE
isIE = (document.all ? true : false);
// both IE5 and NS6 are DOM-compliant (well, sort of...)
isDOM = (document.getElementById ? true : false);

// get the true offset of anything on NS4, IE4/5 & NS6, even if it's in a table!
function getAbsX(elt) { return (elt.x) ? elt.x : getAbsPos(elt,"Left"); }
function getAbsY(elt) { return (elt.y) ? elt.y : getAbsPos(elt,"Top"); }
function getAbsPos(elt,which) {
 iPos = 0;
 while (elt != null) {
  iPos += elt["offset" + which];
  elt = elt.offsetParent;
 }
 return iPos;
}

// annoying detail: IE and NS6 store elt.top and elt.left as strings.
function moveBy(elt,deltaX,deltaY) 
{
 elt.left =  parseInt(deltaX);
 elt.top =  parseInt(deltaY);
}

function getDivStyle(divname) {
 var style;
 if (isDOM) { style = document.getElementById(divname).style; }
 else { style = isIE ? document.all[divname].style
                     : document.layers[divname]; } // NS4
 return style;
}


function GetX(positionername) {
 var positioner;
 if (isIE) {
  positioner = document.all[positionername];
 } else {
  if (isDOM) {
    positioner = document.getElementById(positionername);
  } else {
    positioner = document.images[positionername];
  }
 }
 return getAbsX(positioner);
 
}

function GetY(positionername) {
 var positioner;
 if (isIE) {
  positioner = document.all[positionername];
 } else {
  if (isDOM) {
    positioner = document.getElementById(positionername);
  } else {
    positioner = document.images[positionername];
  }
 }
 return  getAbsY(positioner) ;
}