// define a few variables that are required
var vbmenu_usepopups = false;

// #############################################################################
// lets define the browser we have instead of multiple calls throughout the file
var userAgent = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
var is_opera  = (userAgent.indexOf('opera') != -1);
var is_saf    = ((userAgent.indexOf('safari') != -1) || (navigator.vendor == "Apple Computer, Inc."));
var is_webtv  = (userAgent.indexOf('webtv') != -1);
var is_ie     = ((userAgent.indexOf('msie') != -1) && (!is_opera) && (!is_saf) && (!is_webtv));
var is_ie4    = ((is_ie) && (userAgent.indexOf("msie 4.") != -1));
var is_moz    = (navigator.product == 'Gecko');
var is_kon    = (userAgent.indexOf('konqueror') != -1);
var is_ns     = ((userAgent.indexOf('compatible') == -1) && (userAgent.indexOf('mozilla') != -1) && (!is_opera) && (!is_webtv) && (!is_saf));
var is_ns4    = ((is_ns) && (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 4));

// #############################################################################
// let's find out what DOM functions we can use
var vbDOMtype = '';
if (document.getElementById)
{
	// yay, a decent brower!
	vbDOMtype = "std";
}
else if (document.all)
{
	// mmm... probably IE4... ugh
	vbDOMtype = "ie4";
}
else if (document.layers)
{
	// eeew Netscape 4 - run away very fast!
	vbDOMtype = "ns4";
}

// make an array to store cached locations of objects called by fetch_object
var vBobjects = new Array();

// #############################################################################
// function to emulate document.getElementById
function fetch_object(idname, forcefetch)
{
	if (forcefetch || typeof(vBobjects[idname]) == "undefined")
	{
		switch (vbDOMtype)
		{
			case "std":
			{
				vBobjects[idname] = document.getElementById(idname);
			}
			break;
			
			case "ie4":
			{
				vBobjects[idname] = document.all[idname];
			}
			break;
			
			case "ns4":
			{
				vBobjects[idname] = document.layers[idname];
			}
			break;
		}
	}
	
	return vBobjects[idname];
}

function fetch_object_posleft(elm)
{
	var left = elm.offsetLeft;
	while((elm = elm.offsetParent) != null)
	{
		left += elm.offsetLeft;
	}
	return left;
}

function fetch_object_postop(elm)
{
	var top = elm.offsetTop;
	while((elm = elm.offsetParent) != null)
	{
		top += elm.offsetTop;
	}
	return top;
}

function do_an_e(eventobj)
{	
	if (!eventobj || is_ie)
	{
		window.event.returnValue = false;
		window.event.cancelBubble = true;
		return window.event;
	}
	else
	{
		eventobj.stopPropagation();
		eventobj.preventDefault();
		return eventobj;
	}
}

function e_by_gum(eventobj)
{
	if (!eventobj || is_ie)
	{
		window.event.cancelBubble = true;
		return window.event;
	}
	else
	{
		eventobj.stopPropagation();
		return eventobj;
	}
}

function vbmenu_register(controlid, nowrite, datefield)
{
	if (vbmenu_usepopups)
	{
		vbmenu_doregister(controlid, nowrite, datefield);
	}
}

function vBulletin_init()
{
	if (is_webtv)
	{
		return true;
	}
	switch (vbDOMtype)
	{
		case "std": imgs = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); break;		
		case "ie4": imgs = document.all.tags("img");             break;		
		default:    imgs = false;                                break;
	}
	if (imgs)
	{
		// set 'title' tags for image elements
		for (var i = 0; i < imgs.length; i++)
		{
			if (!imgs[i].title && imgs[i].alt != "")
			{
				imgs[i].title = imgs[i].alt;
			}
		}
	}
	
	// init registered menus
	if (vbmenu_usepopups && vbmenu_registered.length > 0)
	{
		for (i in vbmenu_registered)
		{
			vbmenu_init(vbmenu_registered[i]);
		}
		
		// close all menus on mouse click
		document.onclick = vbmenu_close;
	}
	
	return true;
}