var total=4;

isNS4 = (document.layers) ? true : false;
isIE4 = (document.all && !document.getElementById) ? true : false;
isIE5 = (document.all && document.getElementById) ? true : false;
isNS6 = (!document.all && document.getElementById) ? true : false;

// declare global variable to hold a reference to the 
// marquee object.
var marquee;

var html = '';


if(document.all)
{
    doc = "document.all";
    sty = ".style";
    htm = ""
}
else if(document.layers)
{	
    doc = "document";
    sty = "";
    htm = ".document"
}
else // isNS6... doesn't support .layers anymore...
{
    doc = "document";
    sty = ".style";
    htm = ".document"
}

function getObj (sID)
{
    if (document.getElementById)
        return document.getElementById (sID);
    
    return eval(doc + '[' + sID + ']');
}