// Script originally taken from http://brainerror.net/scripts/javascript/blendtrans/
// Modified to work with text

function opacity(id, opacStart, opacEnd, millisec) { 
    //speed for each frame 
    var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100); 
    var timer = 0; 

    //determine the direction for the blending, if start and end are the same nothing happens 
    if(opacStart > opacEnd) { 
        for(i = opacStart; i >= opacEnd; i--) { 
            setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed)); 
            timer++; 
        } 
    } else if(opacStart < opacEnd) { 
        for(i = opacStart; i <= opacEnd; i++) 
            { 
            setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed)); 
            timer++; 
        } 
    } 
} 

//change the opacity for different browsers 
function changeOpac(opacity, id) { 
    var object = document.getElementById(id).style; 
    object.opacity = (opacity / 100); 
    object.MozOpacity = (opacity / 100); 
    object.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 100); 
    object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")"; 
} 

function shiftOpacity(id, millisec) { 
    //if an element is invisible, make it visible, else make it invisible 
    if(document.getElementById(id).style.opacity == 0) { 
        opacity(id, 0, 100, millisec); 
    } else { 
        opacity(id, 100, 0, millisec); 
    } 
}

function blendimage(divid, imageid, imagefile, millisec) { 

    var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100); 
    var timer = 0; 
     
    //set the current image as background 
    document.getElementById(divid).style.backgroundImage = "url(" + document.getElementById(imageid).src + ")"; 
     
    //make image transparent 
    changeOpac(0, imageid); 
     
    //make new image 
    document.getElementById(imageid).src = imagefile; 

    //fade in image 
    for(i = 0; i <= 100; i++) { 
        setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + imageid + "')",(timer * speed)); 
        timer++; 
    } 
} 

function blendtext(divid, newtext, millisec) {

    var speed = Math.round(millisec / 200); 
    var timer = 0; 

	
	//special characters
	var newTextModified=newtext;
	newTextModified=newTextModified.replace(/\n/g,"<br />");
	newTextModified=newTextModified.replace(/\r/g,"");
	newTextModified=strchtojvscript(newTextModified);

	//fade text
 	for(i = 100; i >= 0; i--) { 
        setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + divid + "')",(timer * speed)); 
        timer++; 
    }

	//change text
		setTimeout("document.getElementById('" + divid + "').innerHTML ='" + newTextModified + "'",(timer * speed));
	//reveal text
	for(i = 0; i <= 100; i++) { 
        setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + divid + "')",(timer * speed)); 
        timer++; 
	}
}

function currentOpac(id, opacEnd, millisec) { 
    //standard opacity is 100 
    var currentOpac = 100; 
     
    //if the element has an opacity set, get it 
    if(document.getElementById(id).style.opacity < 100) { 
        currentOpac = document.getElementById(id).style.opacity * 100; 
    } 

    //call for the function that changes the opacity 
    opacity(id, currentOpac, opacEnd, millisec) 
}