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      writeToLayer        = new Function( "layr", "txt", "layr.innerHTML = txt;" );
      showLayer           = new Function( "layr", "layr.style.visibility = 'visible';" );
      hideLayer           = new Function( "layr", "layr.style.visibility = 'hidden';" );
      moveX               = new Function( "layr", "x", "layr.style.posLeft = x;" )
      moveY               = new Function( "layr", "y", "layr.style.posTop = y;" )      
      setHeight           = new Function( "layr", "h", "layr.style.pixelHeight = h;" );
      getHeight           = new Function( "layr", "return layr.offsetHeight;" );
      getWidth            = new Function( "layr", "return layr.offsetWidth;" );
      getX                = new Function( "layr", "return layr.style.posLeft;" );
      getY                = new Function( "layr", "return layr.style.posTop;" );
      getLayerById        = new Function( "id",   "return document.all( id );" );
      getImgInLayerByName = new Function( "layr", "name", "return layr.all.tags( 'img' )[ name ]" );
      setZ                = new Function( "layr", "z", "layr.style.zIndex = z" );

      assignClickHandler     = new Function( "layr", "func", "layr.onclick = func;" );
      assignMouseOverHandler = new Function( "layr", "func", "layr.onmouseover = func;" );
      assignMouseOutHandler  = new Function( "layr", "func", "layr.onmouseout = func;" );

      createLayer     = createLayerIE;
      getPagePosition = getPagePositionIE;
            
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      adjustDocHeight  = new Function( "" ); // only ns4 needs this function
      getFormInLayer   = new Function( "layr", "name", "if( name != null ) { return layr.all.tags( 'form' )[ name ]; } else { return layr.all.tags( 'form' )[ 0 ]; }" );
      getLinksInLayer  = new Function ( "layr", "return layr.all.tags( 'a' )" );
      getChildElements = new Function( "layr", "return layr.all;" )

      window.onresize = new Function( "location.replace( location.href );" ); }
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      setLayerBg          = new Function( "layr", "bg", "layr.bgColor = bg" );
      writeToLayer        = new Function( "layr", "txt", "layr.document.open(); layr.document.write(txt); layr.document.close();" );
      showLayer           = new Function( "layr", "layr.visibility = 'visible';" );
      hideLayer           = new Function( "layr", "layr.visibility = 'hidden';" );
      moveX               = new Function( "layr", "x", "layr.left = x;" );
      moveY               = new Function( "layr", "y", "layr.top = y;" );
      setHeight           = new Function( "layr", "h", "layr.clip.height = h;" );
      getHeight           = new Function( "layr", "return layr.clip.height;" );
      getWidth            = new Function( "layr", "return layr.clip.width;" );
      getX                = new Function( "layr", "return layr.left;" );
      getY                = new Function( "layr", "return layr.top;" );
      getLayerById        = getLayerByIdNS4;
      getImgInLayerByName = new Function( "layr", "name", "return layr.document.images[ name ]" );
      setZ                = new Function( "layr", "z", "layr.zIndex = z" );

      assignClickHandler     = new Function( "layr", "func", "layr.captureEvents( Event.MOUSEDOWN ); layr.onmousedown = func;" );
      assignMouseOverHandler = new Function( "layr", "func", "layr.onmouseover = func;" );
      assignMouseOutHandler  = new Function( "layr", "func", "layr.onmouseout =  func;" );

      initWidth  = window.innerWidth;
      initHeight = window.innerHeight;

      window.onresize = new Function( "if( ( window.innerWidth != initWidth ) || ( window.innerHeight != initHeight ) ) { window.location.href = window.location.href }" );

      createLayer     = createLayerNS4;
      getPagePosition = getPagePositionNS4;
      getFormInLayer  = new Function( "layr", "name", "if( name != null ) { return layr.document.forms[ name ]; } else { return layr.document.forms[ 0 ]; }" );
      getLinksInLayer = new Function ( "layr", "return layr.document.links" );
      
      getChildElements = new Function( "layr", "return null;" ); }
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      setLayerBg          = new Function( "layr", "bg", "layr.style.background = bg" );
      writeToLayer        = new Function( "layr", "txt", "layr.innerHTML = txt;" );
      showLayer           = new Function( "layr", "layr.style.visibility = 'visible';" );
      hideLayer           = new Function( "layr", "layr.style.visibility = 'hidden';" );
      moveX               = new Function( "layr", "x", "layr.style.left = x;" )
      moveY               = new Function( "layr", "y", "layr.style.top = y;" )
      setHeight           = new Function( "layr", "h", "layr.style.height = h;" );
      getHeight           = new Function( "layr", "return layr.offsetHeight;" );
      getWidth            = new Function( "layr", "layr.style.width = 'auto'; return layr.offsetWidth;" );
      getX                = new Function( "layr", "return parseInt( layr.style.left );" );
      getY                = new Function( "layr", "return parseInt( layr.style.top );" );      
      getLayerById        = new Function( "id", "return document.getElementById( id );" );
      getImgInLayerByName = new Function( "layr", "name", "return null" );
      setZ                = new Function( "layr", "z", "layr.style.zIndex = z" );
      
      assignClickHandler     = new Function( "layr", "func", "layr.addEventListener( 'click', func, true );" );
      assignMouseOverHandler = new Function( "layr", "func", "layr.addEventListener( 'mouseover', func, false );" );
      assignMouseOutHandler  = new Function( "layr", "func", "layr.addEventListener( 'mouseout', func, false );" );

      createLayer     = createLayerNS6;
      getPagePosition = getPagePositionNS6;

      adjustDocHeight  = new Function( "" ); // only ns4 needs this function
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      getLinksInLayer  = new Function( "layr", "return layr.getElementsByTagName( 'a' )" );
      getChildElements = new Function( "layr", "return layr.childNodes;" );

      window.onresize = new Function( "location.replace( location.href );" ); }

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      var layr = '<div id="' + id + '" style="position:absolute"></div>';

      if( container == null ) { container = document.body; }      

      container.insertAdjacentHTML( "afterBegin", layr );

      return container.all( id ); }

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      layr.style.position   = "absolute";
      layr.style.visibility = "hidden";

      if( container == null ) { container = document.body; }

      container.appendChild( layr );

      return layr; }

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      return layr; }

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      var l = layrs.length;

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            layr = layrs[ i ]; }
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            layr = getLayerByIdNS4( id, layrs[ i ].document.layers ); }

         if( layr != null ) { return layr; } }

      return layr; }

   function getPagePositionIE( el, n, axis ) {
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         n += el.offsetTop; }

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         return n; }

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         return el.pageY; } }

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      else {
         n += el.offsetTop; }

      if( el.offsetParent != null ) {
         return getPagePosition( el.offsetParent, n, axis ); }
      else {
         return n; } }

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      var l = document.layers.length;

      for( var i = 0; i < l; i++ ) {
         if( document.layers[ i ].top + document.layers[ i ].clip.height > document.height ) {
            document.height = document.layers[ i ].top + document.layers[ i ].clip.height; } } }

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