function getRefToDiv(divID) {
    if( document.layers ) { //Netscape layers
        return document.layers[divID]; }
    if( document.getElementById ) { //DOM; IE5, NS6, Mozilla, Opera
        return document.getElementById(divID); }
    if( document.all ) { //Proprietary DOM; IE4
        return document.all[divID]; }
    if( document[divID] ) { //Netscape alternative
        return document[divID]; }
    return false;
}

//window.onmousemove = doSomething;
// later
function doSomething(e)
{

if (!e) var e = window.event;

//if (document.layers) {
	mouseX = e.pageX;
	mouseY = e.pageY;
//}

    myReference.style.top=(mouseY-100);
	myReference.style.left=400;
	return;
 
}

function showDiv(divID_as_a_string) {
    //get a reference as above ...
    myReference = getRefToDiv(divID_as_a_string);
    if( !myReference ) {
        window.alert('Nothing works in this browser');
        return false; //don't go any further
        //return anything would work,
        //but I am using false to show failure
    }
    //now we have a reference to it
    if( myReference.style ) { //DOM & proprietary DOM
        myReference.style.visibility = 'visible';
    } else {
        if( myReference.visibility ) { //Netscape
            myReference.visibility = 'show';
        } else {
            window.alert('Nothing works in this browser');
            return false; //don't go any further
        }
    }
    return ;
}
function hideDiv(divID_as_a_string) {
    //get a reference as above ...
    myReference = getRefToDiv(divID_as_a_string);
    if( !myReference ) {
        window.alert('Nothing works in this browser');
        return false; //don't go any further
        //return anything would work,
        //but I am using false to show failure
    }
    //now we have a reference to it
    if( myReference.style ) { //DOM & proprietary DOM
        myReference.style.visibility = 'hidden';
    } else {
        if( myReference.visibility ) { //Netscape
            myReference.visibility = 'hide';
        } else {
            window.alert('Nothing works in this browser');
            return false; //don't go any further
        }
    }
    return ;
}


function writeDiv(divID_as_a_string, imare) {
    //get a reference as above ...
    myReference = getRefToDiv(divID_as_a_string);
    if( !myReference ) {
        window.alert('Nothing works in this browser');
        return false; //don't go any further
        //return anything would work,
        //but I am using false to show failure
    }
   
	//alert(myReference)
	//alert(myReference.innerHTML)
    myReference.style.top=100;
	myReference.style.left=500;
	myReference.innerHTML= "<img src='"+imare+"' height='300' width='300'>";
	return ;
}
