  var Xoffset=150;        // modify these values to ...
  var Yoffset= -400;        // change the popup position.
  var popwidth=130;       // popup width
  var bcolor="darkgray";  // popup border color
  var fcolor="#ffffff";     // popup font color
  var fface="verdana";    // popup font face

  // create content box
  document.write("<DIV ID='pup'><\/DIV>");

  // id browsers
  var iex=(document.all);
  var nav=(document.layers);
  var old=(navigator.appName=="Netscape" && !document.layers && !document.getElementById);
  var n_6=(window.sidebar);

  // assign object
  var skin;
  if(nav) skin=document.pup;
  if(iex) skin=pup.style;
  if(n_6) skin=document.getElementById("pup").style;

  // park modifier
  var yyy=-1000;

  // capture pointer
  if(nav)document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE);
  if(n_6) document.addEventListener("mousemove",get_mouse,true);
  if(nav||iex)document.onmousemove=get_mouse;

  // set dynamic coords
  function get_mouse(e)
  {
  var x,y;

  if(nav || n_6) x=e.pageX;
  if(iex) x=event.x+document.body.scrollLeft; 

  if(nav || n_6) y=e.pageY;
  if(iex)
  {
    y=event.y;
    if(navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 4")==-1)
      y+=document.body.scrollTop;
  }

  if(iex || nav)
  {
    skin.top=y+yyy;
    skin.left=x+Xoffset; 
  }

  if(n_6)
  {
    skin.top=(y+yyy)+"px";
    skin.left=x+Xoffset+"px";
  }    
  nudge(x);
  }

  // avoid edge overflow
  function nudge(x)
  {
  var extreme,overflow,temp;

  // right
  if(iex) extreme=(document.body.clientWidth-popwidth);
  if(n_6 || nav) extreme=(window.innerWidth-popwidth);

  if(parseInt(skin.left)>extreme)
  {
    overflow=parseInt(skin.left)-extreme;
    temp=parseInt(skin.left);
    temp-=overflow;
    if(nav || iex) skin.left=temp;
    if(n_6)skin.left=temp+"px";
  }

  // left
  if(parseInt(skin.left)<1)
  {
    overflow=parseInt(skin.left)-1;
    temp=parseInt(skin.left);
    temp-=overflow;
    if(nav || iex) skin.left=temp;
    if(n_6)skin.left=temp+"px";
  }
  }

  // write content & display
  function popup(msg,bak)
  {

  var content="<TABLE WIDTH='"+popwidth+"' BORDER='1' BORDERCOLOR="+bcolor+" CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0 "+"BGCOLOR="+bak+"><TD ALIGN='center'><FONT COLOR="+fcolor+" FACE="+fface+" SIZE='2'>"+msg+"<\/FONT><\/TD><\/TABLE>";

  if(old)
  {
    alert(msg);
    return;
  } 
   
  yyy=Yoffset; 
  skin.width=popwidth;

  if(nav)
  { 
    skin.document.open();
    skin.document.write(content);
    skin.document.close();
    skin.visibility="visible";
  }

  if(iex)
  {        
    pup.innerHTML=content;
    skin.visibility="visible";
  }  

  if(n_6)
  {   
    document.getElementById("pup").innerHTML=content;
    skin.visibility="visible";
  }
  }


  // park content box
  function kill()
  {
  if(!old)
  {
    yyy=-1000;
    skin.visibility="hidden";
    skin.width=0;
  }
  }

