function ieBox_getStyleObject(objectId) 
{
    // cross-browser function to get an object's style object given its
    if(document.getElementById && document.getElementById(objectId)) {
	// W3C DOM
	return document.getElementById(objectId).style;
    } else if (document.all && document.all(objectId)) {
	// MSIE 4 DOM
	return document.all(objectId).style;
    } else if (document.layers && document.layers[objectId]) {
	// NN 4 DOM.. note: this won't find nested layers
	return document.layers[objectId];
    } else {
	return false;
    }
} // getStyleObject

function ieBox_growElement(divName, divHeight)
{
	divStyle=ieBox_getStyleObject(divName);
	current_height=parseInt(divStyle.height);
	divStyle.height=current_height+2+ "px";
	if(parseInt(divStyle.height)<divHeight){
		setTimeout("ieBox_growElement('"+divName+"', "+divHeight+")", 1);
	}
	else
	{
		divStyle.overflow="hidden";
	}
}

function ieBox_Launch()
{
	createCookie("launched", true, "7");
	ieBox_growElement("iebox", 100);
	div=ieBox_getStyleObject("iebox");
	div.visibility="visible";
}

function ieBox_Die()
{
	div=ieBox_getStyleObject("iebox");
	div.visibility="hidden";
}

function createCookie(name,value,days) {
	if (days) {
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
		var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
	}
	else var expires = "";
	document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}

function readCookie(name) {
	var nameEQ = name + "=";
	var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
	for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
		var c = ca[i];
		while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
		if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
	}
	return null;
}

function eraseCookie(name) {
	createCookie(name,"",-1);
}


var browserName=navigator.appName; 
 	if (browserName=="Microsoft Internet Explorer")
 	{
	setTimeout("ieBox_Launch()", 300);
		var thecookie=readCookie("launched");
		if(!thecookie){
		
		}
 	}