if (document.images)
    {
      //SPLASH IMAGES
      img1on = new Image();  img1on.src = "../../images/btn_english_over.gif";  
      img2on = new Image();  img2on.src = "../../images/btn_francais_over.gif";
      //MENU IMAGES
      img3on = new Image();   img3on.src = "../images/01_menu_magazine_over_fr.gif";
      img4on = new Image();  img4on.src = "../images/02_menu_magazine_over_fr.gif";
      img5on = new Image();  img5on.src = "../images/03_menu_magazine_over_fr.gif";
      img6on = new Image();  img6on.src = "../images/04_menu_magazine_over_fr.gif";
      img7on = new Image();  img7on.src = "../images/05_menu_magazine_over_fr.gif";
      img8on = new Image();  img8on.src = "../images/06_menu_magazine_over_fr.gif";
      img9on = new Image();  img9on.src = "../images/08_menu_magazine_over_fr.gif";
      img10on = new Image();  img10on.src = "../images/09_menu_magazine_over_fr.gif";
      img11on = new Image();  img11on.src = "../images/10_menu_magazine_over_fr.gif";
      img12on = new Image();  img12on.src = "../images/11_menu_magazine_over_fr.gif";



      //SPLASH IMAGES
      img1off = new Image();   img1off.src = "../../images/btn_english.gif"; 
      img2off = new Image();  img2off.src = "../../images/btn_francais.gif";
      //MENU IMAGES
      img3off = new Image();  img3off.src = "../images/01_menu_magazine_fr.gif";
      img4off = new Image();  img4off.src = "../images/02_menu_magazine_fr.gif";
      img5off = new Image();  img5off.src = "../images/03_menu_magazine_fr.gif";
      img6off = new Image();  img6off.src = "../images/04_menu_magazine_fr.gif";
      img7off = new Image();  img7off.src = "../images/05_menu_magazine_fr.gif";
      img8off = new Image();  img8off.src = "../images/06_menu_magazine_fr.gif";
      img9off = new Image();  img9off.src = "../images/08_menu_magazine_fr.gif";
      img10off = new Image();  img10off.src = "../images/09_menu_magazine_fr.gif";
      img11off = new Image();  img11off.src = "../images/10_menu_magazine_fr.gif";
      img12off = new Image();  img12off.src = "../images/11_menu_magazine_fr.gif";

    
    }

    function imgOn(imgName) 
    {
        if (document.images) 
        {
            document[imgName].src = eval(imgName + "on.src");
        }
    }

    function imgOff(imgName) 
    {
        if (document.images) 
        {
            document[imgName].src = eval(imgName + "off.src");
        }
    }

    function open_window(url,width,height, scroll, status)
    {
        if(scroll==null || scroll == "")
        scroll = 0;
        if(status ==null || status == "")
        status = 0;        
        mywin = window.open(url,"map",'toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,status=' + status + ',menubar=0,scrollbars=' + scroll + ',resizable=0,left=80,width=' +width+ ',height=' +height+ ',top=50')
    }
 
     // Sets cookie values. Expiration date is optional
            function setCookie(name, value, expire) 
            {
                strCookie = name + "=" + escape(value);
                if (expire)
                    strCookie += "; expires=" + expire.toGMTString();
                document.cookie = strCookie;
            }
            function getCookie(Name) 
            {
                var search = Name + "="
                if (document.cookie.length > 0) 
                { 
                    // if there are any cookies
                    offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search)
                    if (offset != -1) 
                    { 
                        // if cookie exists
                        offset += search.length
                        // set index of beginning of value
                        end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset)
                        // set index of end of cookie value
                        if (end == -1)
                            end = document.cookie.length
                        return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end))
                    }
                }
            }