//DOM sniffer -better than browser sniffer
//to access the style of an item, use findDOM(itemID,1)...findDOM('myItem',1).color
//to acccess the item itself, use findDOM(itemID,0)...findDOM('myItem',0).offsetTop

var isDHTML=0;
var isID=0;
var isAll=0;
var isLayers=0;
var isNavSpacer=0;//for leftnav spacer on index page

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;
			}
	}//end if(document.all){
}//end if(document.getElementById){

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