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/*   
Gradual-Highlight Image Script II-   
By J. Mark Birenbaum (birenbau@ugrad.cs.ualberta.ca)   
Permission granted to Dynamicdrive.com to feature script in archive   
For full source to script, visit http://javascript.com   
*/   

nereidFadeObjects = new Object();   
nereidFadeTimers = new Object();   

/* object - image to be faded (actual object, not name);   
* destop - destination transparency level (ie 80, for mostly solid)   
* rate - time in milliseconds between trasparency changes (best under 100)   
* delta - amount of change each time (ie 5, for 5% change in transparency)   
*/   

function nereidFade(object, destOp, rate, delta){   
if (!document.all)   
return   
if (object != "[object]"){ //do this so I can take a string too   
setTimeout("nereidFade("+object+","+destOp+","+rate+","+delta+")",0);   
return;   
}   

clearTimeout(nereidFadeTimers[object.sourceIndex]);   

diff = destOp-object.filters.alpha.opacity;   
direction = 1;   
if (object.filters.alpha.opacity > destOp){   
direction = -1;   
}   
delta=Math.min(direction*diff,delta);   
object.filters.alpha.opacity+=direction*delta;   

if (object.filters.alpha.opacity != destOp){   
nereidFadeObjects[object.sourceIndex]=object;   
nereidFadeTimers[object.sourceIndex]=setTimeout("nereidFade(nereidFadeObjects["+object.sourceIndex+"],"+destOp+","+rate+","+delta+")",rate);   
}   
}   

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