var isDHTML = isLayers = isAll = isID = 0;
 
if(document.getElementById) 
{
	isID = 1;
	isDHTML = 1;
}
else 
{
    if (document.all) 
	{
		isAll = 1;
		isDHTML = 1;
	}
    else 
	{
        browserVersion = parseInt(navigator.appVersion);
    	if ((navigator.appName.indexOf('Netscape') != -1) && (browserVersion == 4)) 
		{
			isLayers = 1; 
			isDHTML = 1;
		}
	}
}

//***********************************************************************

function findDOM(objectID,withStyle) 
{
    if (withStyle == 1) 
	{
   		if (isID) 
		{ 
			return (document.getElementById(objectID).style);
		}
    	else 
		{
      		if (isAll) 
			{ 
				return (document.all[objectID].style); 
			}
    		else 
			{
      			if (isLayers) 
				{ 
					return (document.layers[objectID]); 
				}
  			}
		}
	}
  	else 
	{
    	if(isID) 
		{ 
			return (document.getElementById(objectID));
		}
   		else 
		{
      		if(isAll) 
			{ 
				return (document.all[objectID]);
			}
    		else 
			{
      			if(isLayers) 
				{ 
					return (document.layers[objectID]);
				}
    		}
		}
  	}
} 

//***********************************************************************

function setGlobalStyle(objectID, styleName, newVal) 
{
	var DOM = findDOM(objectID,1);
	DOM[styleName] = newVal;	
}