var baseopacity=0
function showtext(thetext){if(!document.getElementById)
return
textcontainerobj=document.getElementById("tabledescription")
browserdetect=textcontainerobj.filters?"ie":typeof textcontainerobj.style.MozOpacity=="string"?"mozilla":""
instantset(baseopacity)
document.getElementById("tabledescription").innerHTML=thetext
highlighting=setInterval("gradualfade(textcontainerobj)",50)}
function hidetext(){cleartimer()
instantset(baseopacity)}
function instantset(degree){if(browserdetect=="mozilla")
textcontainerobj.style.MozOpacity=degree/100
else if(browserdetect=="ie")
textcontainerobj.filters.alpha.opacity=degree
else if(document.getElementById&&baseopacity==0)
document.getElementById("tabledescription").innerHTML=""}
function cleartimer(){if(window.highlighting)clearInterval(highlighting)}
function gradualfade(cur2){if(browserdetect=="mozilla"&&cur2.style.MozOpacity<1)
cur2.style.MozOpacity=Math.min(parseFloat(cur2.style.MozOpacity)+0.2,0.99)
else if(browserdetect=="ie"&&cur2.filters.alpha.opacity<100)
cur2.filters.alpha.opacity+=20
else if(window.highlighting)
clearInterval(highlighting)}