
    var popupHandle;
    
    function popup(picUrlString, windowWidth, windowHeight)
    {
    
      // always close the old one , so only one at a time is open
      if(popupHandle || popupHandle!=null)
      {
        if (!popupHandle.closed) popupHandle.close();
      }
      popupHandle=null;
    
      // create a feature string for the popup
      var x=(screen.width-windowWidth)/2
      var y=(screen.height-windowHeight)/2
      var featureString = "toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no"
      featureString = ',left='+x + ',top='+y
      featureString += ',width='+windowWidth+',height='+windowHeight
    
      // open the popup
      // We use a php script to work arround some browser specific problems
      // Opera doesn't seem to handle document.close() correctly on the popup.
      popupHandle = window.open( "popup.php?windowWidth="+windowWidth+"&windowHeight="+windowHeight+"&picUrlString="+picUrlString ,"popup",featureString)
      return popupHandle;
    
    }
    
    function winclose()
    {
      if (window.popupHandle!=null && !window.popupHandle.closed)
      {
        window.popupHandle.close();
        }
    }
    
    function doNothing(){} // does nothing but required by JavaScript in this case
 
 
          /***********************************************
          * Cool DHTML tooltip script II- © Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)
          * This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
          * Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
          ***********************************************/
          
          var offsetfromcursorX=12 //Customize x offset of tooltip
          var offsetfromcursorY=10 //Customize y offset of tooltip
          
          var offsetdivfrompointerX=10 //Customize x offset of tooltip DIV relative to pointer image
          var offsetdivfrompointerY=14 //Customize y offset of tooltip DIV relative to pointer image. Tip: Set it to (height_of_pointer_image-1).
          
          document.write('<div id="dhtmltooltip"></div>') //write out tooltip DIV
          document.write('<img id="dhtmlpointer" src="http://www.x2dhorses.com/picts/arrow2.gif">') //write out pointer image
          
          var ie=document.all
          var ns6=document.getElementById && !document.all
          var enabletip=false
          if (ie||ns6)
          var tipobj=document.all? document.all["dhtmltooltip"] : document.getElementById? document.getElementById("dhtmltooltip") : ""
          
          var pointerobj=document.all? document.all["dhtmlpointer"] : document.getElementById? document.getElementById("dhtmlpointer") : ""
          
          function ietruebody(){
          return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
          }
          
          function ddrivetip(thetext, thewidth, thecolor){
          if (ns6||ie){
          if (typeof thewidth!="undefined") tipobj.style.width=thewidth+"px"
          if (typeof thecolor!="undefined" && thecolor!="") tipobj.style.backgroundColor=thecolor
          tipobj.innerHTML=thetext
          enabletip=true
          return false
          }
          }
          
          function positiontip(e){
          if (enabletip){
          var nondefaultpos=false
          var curX=(ns6)?e.pageX : event.clientX+ietruebody().scrollLeft;
          var curY=(ns6)?e.pageY : event.clientY+ietruebody().scrollTop;
          //Find out how close the mouse is to the corner of the window
          var winwidth=ie&&!window.opera? ietruebody().clientWidth : window.innerWidth-20
          var winheight=ie&&!window.opera? ietruebody().clientHeight : window.innerHeight-20
          
          var rightedge=ie&&!window.opera? winwidth-event.clientX-offsetfromcursorX : winwidth-e.clientX-offsetfromcursorX
          var bottomedge=ie&&!window.opera? winheight-event.clientY-offsetfromcursorY : winheight-e.clientY-offsetfromcursorY
          
          var leftedge=(offsetfromcursorX<0)? offsetfromcursorX*(-1) : -1000
          
          //if the horizontal distance isn't enough to accomodate the width of the context menu
          if (rightedge<tipobj.offsetWidth){
          //move the horizontal position of the menu to the left by it's width
          tipobj.style.left=curX-tipobj.offsetWidth+"px"
          nondefaultpos=true
          }
          else if (curX<leftedge)
          tipobj.style.left="5px"
          else{
          //position the horizontal position of the menu where the mouse is positioned
          tipobj.style.left=curX+offsetfromcursorX-offsetdivfrompointerX+"px"
          pointerobj.style.left=curX+offsetfromcursorX+"px"
          }
          
          //same concept with the vertical position
          if (bottomedge<tipobj.offsetHeight){
          tipobj.style.top=curY-tipobj.offsetHeight-offsetfromcursorY+"px"
          nondefaultpos=true
          }
          else{
          tipobj.style.top=curY+offsetfromcursorY+offsetdivfrompointerY+"px"
          pointerobj.style.top=curY+offsetfromcursorY+"px"
          }
          tipobj.style.visibility="visible"
          if (!nondefaultpos)
          pointerobj.style.visibility="visible"
          else
          pointerobj.style.visibility="hidden"
          }
          }
          
          function hideddrivetip(){
          if (ns6||ie){
          enabletip=false
          tipobj.style.visibility="hidden"
          pointerobj.style.visibility="hidden"
          tipobj.style.left="-1000px"
          tipobj.style.backgroundColor=''
          tipobj.style.width=''
          }
          }
          
          document.onmousemove=positiontip