var timoutid;				
	var still=4;  		//time in seconds when picture still between fades
	var fade=3;  		//time in seconds for fade in and out 
	var overlappc=100;  //percent of fade when both old and new simultaneously 
	var cntx=0;
	function applyFilter(carousel,picone){
		
		document.getElementById(carousel).style.filter='progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Fade()';
		//trans.filters[0].duration=fade;
		if(document.getElementById(carousel).filters) sw=true; else sw=false;
		if(sw){
			document.getElementById(carousel).filters[0].overlap=overlappc/100;
			document.getElementById(carousel).filters[0].Apply();
		}
		for(i=1;!(i==cntx+1);i++){
			if(document.getElementById(picone + "." + i).style.visibility=="visible"){
				if(i==cntx) j=1; else j=i+1;
				break;
			}
		}
		document.getElementById(picone + "." + j).style.visibility="visible";
		document.getElementById(picone + "." + i).style.visibility="hidden";
		if(sw) document.getElementById(carousel).filters[0].Play(duration=fade);
		callstr="applyFilter('" + carousel + "','" + picone + "')";
		timeoutid=setTimeout(callstr,(still+fade)*1000);
		//alert(callstr +sw);
	}
	function startup(carousel,picone){
		if(cntx>0)
			document.getElementById(picone +".1").style.visibility="visible";
		if(cntx>1){
			callstr="applyFilter('" + carousel + "','" + picone + "')";
			timeoutid=setTimeout(callstr,(still)*1000);
		}
	}