//load menu button images into memory
	var numLoadedImages = 0;

//	var bgMenu = new Image();
//	bgMenu.onload = countImages;
//	bgMenu.src = "http://www.thejourneytree.org/images/bg_sidemenu_dev_logo.gif";

//	var bgMenuShow = new Image();
//	bgMenuShow.onload = countImages;
//	bgMenuShow.src = "http://www.thejourneytree.org/images/bg_sidemenu_show.gif";
			
			
	var buttonsFind = new Image();
	buttonsFind.onload = countImages;
	buttonsFind.src = "../../images/icons/disc_gp_find.jpg";
				
	var buttonsFindOver = new Image();
	buttonsFindOver.onload = countImages;
	buttonsFindOver.src = "../../images/icons/disc_gp_find_glow.jpg";
	
	
	var buttonsReset = new Image();
	buttonsReset.onload = countImages;
	buttonsReset.src = "../../images/icons/disc_gp_reset.jpg";
	
	var buttonsResetOver = new Image();
	buttonsResetOver.onload = countImages;
	buttonsResetOver.src = "../../images/icons/disc_gp_reset_glow.jpg";
	


	//check how many images have loaded
	function countImages()
	{
	++numLoadedImages;
	//alert(numLoadedImages);
	if (numLoadedImages == 10)
		{
		if (document.getElementById("sideMenuDiv"))
			{
			//document.getElementById("sideMenuDiv").style.display="";
			//document.getElementById("loaderDiv").style.display="none";
			//setMenuPos();
			}
		}

	}



   //original code
	//function swapImage(strImageName,strImageSrc)
   //{
	//document.getElementById(strImageName).src = eval(strImageSrc).src;
	//}

   //my code
	function swapImage(strImageName,strImage)
	{
	document.getElementById(strImageName).src = strImage;
	}