if (document.images) {

nav_a1 = new Image(48, 14);nav_a1.src = 'pix/menu/home.gif';
nav_a1o = new Image(48, 14);nav_a1o.src = 'pix/menu/home_1.gif';

nav_b1 = new Image(77, 14);nav_b1.src = 'pix/menu/locations.gif';
nav_b1o = new Image(77, 14);nav_b1o.src = 'pix/menu/locations_1.gif';

nav_c1 = new Image(65, 15);nav_c1.src = 'pix/menu/about.gif';
nav_c1o = new Image(65, 15);nav_c1o.src = 'pix/menu/about_1.gif';

nav_c11 = new Image(100, 20);nav_c11.src = 'pix/menu/the_technique.gif';
nav_c11o = new Image(100, 20);nav_c11o.src = 'pix/menu/the_technique_1.gif';

nav_c12 = new Image(100, 20);nav_c12.src = 'pix/menu/the_prints.gif';
nav_c12o = new Image(100, 20);nav_c12o.src = 'pix/menu/the_prints_1.gif';

nav_c13 = new Image(100, 20);nav_c13.src = 'pix/menu/the_artist.gif';
nav_c13o = new Image(100, 20);nav_c13o.src = 'pix/menu/the_artist_1.gif';

nav_d1 = new Image(48, 15);nav_d1.src = 'pix/menu/order.gif';
nav_d1o = new Image(48, 15);nav_d1o.src = 'pix/menu/order_1.gif';

nav_e1 = new Image(63, 14);nav_e1.src = 'pix/menu/contact.gif';
nav_e1o = new Image(63, 14);nav_e1o.src = 'pix/menu/contact_1.gif';

nav_f1 = new Image(86, 15);nav_f1.src = 'pix/menu/disclaimer.gif';
nav_f1o = new Image(86, 15);nav_f1o.src = 'pix/menu/disclaimer_1.gif';


land_a1 = new Image(35, 26);land_a1.src = 'pix/german-grey.jpg';
land_a1o = new Image(35, 26);land_a1o.src = 'pix/german.jpg';

land_b1 = new Image(35, 26);land_b1.src = 'pix/english-grey.jpg';
land_b1o = new Image(35, 26);land_b1o.src = 'pix/english.jpg';

land_c1 = new Image(35, 26);land_c1.src = 'pix/french-grey.jpg';
land_c1o = new Image(35, 26);land_c1o.src = 'pix/french.jpg';

land_d1 = new Image(35, 26);land_d1.src = 'pix/spain-grey.jpg';
land_d1o = new Image(35, 26);land_d1o.src = 'pix/spain.jpg';

}
function di(id,name){
  if (document.images) {document.images[id].src=eval(name+".src"); }


// function that displays status bar message



function dm(msgStr) {

  document.returnValue = false;

  if (document.images) {

     window.status = msgStr;

     document.returnValue = true;

  }

}

var showMsg = navigator.userAgent != "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.0; Mac_PowerPC)";

function dmim(msgStr) {

  document.returnValue = false;

  if (showMsg) {

    window.status = msgStr;

    document.returnValue = true;
   }
 }
}