// DHTMLapi.js custom API for cross-platform
// object positioning by Danny Goodman (http://www.dannyg.com)

// Global variables
var isIE, isNS4, isNS6;
var coll = "";
var styleObj = "";

isIE = (document.all) ? true : false;
isNS4 = (document.layers) ? true : false;
isNS6 = (!document.all && document.getElementById) ? true : false;

// Positioning an object at a specific pixel coordinate
function shiftTo(obj, x, y) {
	var theObj = getObject(obj)
	if (isNav4) {
		theObj.moveTo(x,y)
	} else {
		theObj.pixelLeft = x
		theObj.pixelTop = y
	}
}

// Moving an object by x and/or y pixels
function shiftBy(obj, deltaX, deltaY) {
	var theObj = getObject(obj)
	if (isNav4) {
		theObj.moveBy(deltaX, deltaY)
	} else {
		theObj.pixelLeft += deltaX
		theObj.pixelTop += deltaY
	}
}

// Setting the z-order of an object
function setZIndex(obj, zOrder) {
	var theObj = getObject(obj)
	theObj.zIndex = zOrder
}

// Setting the background color of an object
function setBGColor(obj, color) {
	var theObj = getObject(obj)
	if (isNav4) {
		theObj.bgColor = color
	} else {
		theObj.backgroundColor = color
	}
}

// Setting the visibility of an object to visible
function show(obj) {
	var theObj = getObject(obj)
	theObj.visibility = "visible"
}

// Setting the visibility of an object to hidden
function hide(obj) {
	var theObj = getObject(obj)
	theObj.visibility = "hidden"
}

// Retrieving the x coordinate of a positionable object
function getObjectLeft(obj)  {
	var theObj = getObject(obj)
	if (isNav4) {
		return theObj.left
	} else {
		return theObj.pixelLeft
	}
}

// Retrieving the y coordinate of a positionable object
function getObjectTop(obj)  {
	var theObj = getObject(obj)
	if (isNav4) {
		return theObj.top
	} else {
		return theObj.pixelTop
	}
}