// -----------------------------
// ARU 2002-07-17
// FUNCTIONAL SNIFFING
var DOM    = (document.getElementById ? 1 : 0);
var IE4DOM = (document.all ? 1 : 0);
var NS4    = (document.layers ? 1 : 0);

// -----------------------------
// FUNCTION TO CHANGE THE color AND background-color OF AN ELEMENT [OBTAINED BY GetStyle()]
// ARU 2002-07-17 08:48 UTC
function RestyleElementId(elementId, color, backgroundColor) 
{
    styleHandle = GetStyle( elementId );
	if( styleHandle )  
    {
        styleHandle.color = color;
        styleHandle.backgroundColor = backgroundColor;
    }
}

// -----------------------------
// FUNCTION TO RETURN A HANDLE TO ANY ELEMENT WITH A UNIQUE ID
// ARU 2002-07-17 08:47 UTC
function GetStyle( id ) 
{
    var idHandle = (DOM ? document.getElementById( id ) : (IE4DOM ? document.all[ id ] : false ) );
    return( idHandle ? idHandle.style : false );
}