if (document.images) {

// ---------------------------------
// on images
//----------------------------------

        toptexton = new Image(37, 17);
        toptexton.src = "/images/brown_text_off.gif";
		
        menu1on = new Image(37, 17);
        menu1on.src = "/images/blue_menu1_off.gif";
		
        menu2on = new Image(37, 17);
        menu2on.src = "/images/blue_menu2_off.gif";
		
        menu3on = new Image(37, 17);
        menu3on.src = "/images/blue_menu3_off.gif";
		
        menu4on = new Image(37, 17);
        menu4on.src = "/images/blue_menu4_off.gif";
		
        menu5on = new Image(37, 17);
        menu5on.src = "/images/blue_menu5_off.gif";
		
        menu6on = new Image(37, 17);
        menu6on.src = "/images/blue_menu6_off.gif";
		
        menu7on = new Image(37, 17);
        menu7on.src = "/images/blue_menu7_off.gif";
		
        menu8on = new Image(37, 17);
        menu8on.src = "/images/blue_menu8_off.gif";
		
        menu9on = new Image(37, 17);
        menu9on.src = "/images/blue_menu9_off.gif";
		
        menu10on = new Image(37, 17);
        menu10on.src = "/images/blue_menu10_off.gif";
		
        menu11on = new Image(37, 17);
        menu11on.src = "/images/blue_menu11_off.gif";

// ---------------------------------
// off images
//----------------------------------
		
        toptextoff = new Image(37, 17);
        toptextoff.src = "/images/brown_text_on.jpg";

        menu1off = new Image(37, 17);
        menu1off.src = "/images/blue_menu1_on.jpg";

        menu2off = new Image(37, 17);
        menu2off.src = "/images/blue_menu2_on.jpg";

        menu3off = new Image(37, 17);
        menu3off.src = "/images/blue_menu3_on.jpg";

        menu4off = new Image(37, 17);
        menu4off.src = "/images/blue_menu4_on.jpg";

        menu5off = new Image(37, 17);
        menu5off.src = "/images/blue_menu5_on.jpg";

        menu6off = new Image(37, 17);
        menu6off.src = "/images/blue_menu6_on.jpg";

        menu7off = new Image(37, 17);
        menu7off.src = "/images/blue_menu7_on.jpg";

        menu8off = new Image(37, 17);
        menu8off.src = "/images/blue_menu8_on.jpg";

        menu9off = new Image(37, 17);
        menu9off.src = "/images/blue_menu9_on.jpg";

        menu10off = new Image(37, 17);
        menu10off.src = "/images/blue_menu10_on.jpg";

        menu11off = new Image(37, 17);
        menu11off.src = "/images/blue_menu11_on.jpg";
		
}