var horizontal_offset="9px" //horizontal offset of hint box from anchor link


var vertical_offset="0" //horizontal offset of hint box from anchor link. No need to change.
var ie=document.all
var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all

function getposOffset(what, offsettype){
     var totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? what.offsetLeft : what.offsetTop;
     var parentEl=what.offsetParent;
     while (parentEl!=null){
           totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? totaloffset+parentEl.offsetLeft : totaloffset+parentEl.offsetTop;
           parentEl=parentEl.offsetParent;
     }
     return totaloffset;
}

function iecompattest(){
     return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
}

function clearbrowseredge(obj, whichedge){
     var edgeoffset=(whichedge=="rightedge")? parseInt(horizontal_offset)*-1 : parseInt(vertical_offset)*-1
     if (whichedge=="rightedge"){
          var windowedge=ie && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollLeft+iecompattest().clientWidth-30 : window.pageXOffset+window.innerWidth-40
          dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetWidth
          if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.x < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure)
              edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure+obj.offsetWidth+parseInt(horizontal_offset)
     }
     else{
          var windowedge=ie && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollTop+iecompattest().clientHeight-15 : window.pageYOffset+window.innerHeight-18
          dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetHeight
          if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.y < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure)
              edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure-obj.offsetHeight
     }
     return edgeoffset
}

function showhint(menucontents, obj, e, tipwidth){
     if ((ie||ns6) && document.getElementById("hintbox")){
          dropmenuobj=document.getElementById("hintbox")
          dropmenuobj.innerHTML=menucontents
          dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.style.top=-500
          if (tipwidth!=""){
               dropmenuobj.widthobj=dropmenuobj.style
               dropmenuobj.widthobj.width=tipwidth
          }
          dropmenuobj.x=getposOffset(obj, "left")
          dropmenuobj.y=getposOffset(obj, "top")
          dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.x-clearbrowseredge(obj, "rightedge")+obj.offsetWidth+"px"
          dropmenuobj.style.top=dropmenuobj.y-clearbrowseredge(obj, "bottomedge")+"px"
          dropmenuobj.style.visibility="visible"
          obj.onmouseout=hidetip
     }
}

function hidetip(e){
     dropmenuobj.style.visibility="hidden"
     dropmenuobj.style.left="-500px"
}

function createhintbox(){
      var divblock=document.createElement("div")
      divblock.setAttribute("id", "hintbox")
      document.body.appendChild(divblock)
}

if (window.addEventListener)
      window.addEventListener("load", createhintbox, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
     window.attachEvent("onload", createhintbox)
else if (document.getElementById)
     window.onload=createhintbox
