//and then creating a link to call it
// Slide Down
var timerlen = 5;
var slideAniLen = 250;
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 + '\');',timerlen);
}
function slidetick(objname){
var elapsed = (new Date()).getTime() - startTime[objname];
if (elapsed > slideAniLen)
endSlide(objname)
else {
var d =Math.round(elapsed / slideAniLen * 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;
}
// use this html anchor for toggle type
// Toggle DIV Slide
function toggleSlide(objname){
if(document.getElementById(objname).style.display == "none"){
// div is hidden, so let's slide down
slidedown(objname);
}else{
// div is not hidden, so slide up
slideup(objname);
}
}
//-->