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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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