var thetimer = 5;
var slideSpeed = 250; //milliseconds taken to open the div

var timerID = new Array();
var startTime = new Array();
var obj = new Array();
var endHeight = new Array();
var moving = new Array();
var dir = new Array();

function slidedown(objname){
        if(moving[objname])
                return;

        if(document.getElementById(objname).style.display != "none")
                return; // cannot slide down something that is already visible

        moving[objname] = true;
        dir[objname] = "down";
        startslide(objname);
}



function slideup(objname){
        if(moving[objname])
                return;

        if(document.getElementById(objname).style.display == "none")
                return; // cannot slide up something that is already hidden

        moving[objname] = true;
        dir[objname] = "up";
        startslide(objname);
}


function startslide(objname){
        obj[objname] = document.getElementById(objname);

        endHeight[objname] = parseInt(obj[objname].style.height);
        startTime[objname] = (new Date()).getTime();

        if(dir[objname] == "down"){
                obj[objname].style.height = "1px";
        }

        obj[objname].style.display = "block";

        timerID[objname] = setInterval('slidetick(\'' + objname + '\');',thetimer);
}

function slidetick(objname){
        var elapsed = (new Date()).getTime() - startTime[objname];

        if (elapsed > slideSpeed)
                endSlide(objname)
        else {
                var d =Math.round(elapsed / slideSpeed * endHeight[objname]);
                if(dir[objname] == "up")
                        d = endHeight[objname] - d;

                obj[objname].style.height = d + "px";
        }

        return;
}

function endSlide(objname){
        clearInterval(timerID[objname]);

        if(dir[objname] == "up")
                obj[objname].style.display = "none";

        obj[objname].style.height = endHeight[objname] + "px";

        delete(moving[objname]);
        delete(timerID[objname]);
        delete(startTime[objname]);
        delete(endHeight[objname]);
        delete(obj[objname]);
        delete(dir[objname]);

        return;
}
//following is for the horizontal slide
function slideright(objname){
        if(moving[objname])
                return;

        if(document.getElementById(objname).style.display != "none")
                return; // cannot slide down something that is already visible

        moving[objname] = true;
        dir[objname] = "right";
        startrslide(objname);
}



function slideleft(objname){
        if(moving[objname])
                return;

        if(document.getElementById(objname).style.display == "none")
                return; // cannot slide up something that is already hidden

        moving[objname] = true;
        dir[objname] = "left";
        startrslide(objname);
		document.getElementById("myspan").innerHTML = "";  

}


function startrslide(objname){
        obj[objname] = document.getElementById(objname);

        endHeight[objname] = parseInt(obj[objname].style.width);
        startTime[objname] = (new Date()).getTime();

        if(dir[objname] == "right"){
                obj[objname].style.width = "1px";
        }

        obj[objname].style.display = "block";

        timerID[objname] = setInterval('slidertick(\'' + objname + '\');',thetimer);
}

function slidertick(objname){
        var elapsed = (new Date()).getTime() - startTime[objname];

        if (elapsed > slideSpeed)
                endRightSlide(objname)
        else {
                var d =Math.round(elapsed / slideSpeed * endHeight[objname]);
                if(dir[objname] == "left")
                        d = endHeight[objname] - d;

                obj[objname].style.width = d + "px";
        }

        return;
}

function endRightSlide(objname){
        clearInterval(timerID[objname]);

        if(dir[objname] == "left")
                obj[objname].style.display = "none";

        obj[objname].style.width = endHeight[objname] + "px";

        delete(moving[objname]);
        delete(timerID[objname]);
        delete(startTime[objname]);
        delete(endHeight[objname]);
        delete(obj[objname]);
        delete(dir[objname]);

        return;
}