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)

}