var slide = new Array;
var imgName = new Array('1.jpg','2.jpg','3.jpg','4.jpg','5.jpg','6.jpg','7.jpg');

for (var i = 0; i < imgName.length; i++) {
     slide[i] = new Image();
     slide[i].src = "/images/stories/simpleslideshow/" + imgName[i];
}

var m = new Array(0, 100);
var nextImage = -1;
var t = "";

function next() 
{	
	if (t != "") return;	
	m[0] = 0;	
	m[1] = 100;	
	nextImage = nextImage + 1;	
	if (nextImage == imgName.length) 	
	{ 		
		nextImage = 0; 	
	}  	
	document.getElementById("ban_after").style.background = "url(" + slide[nextImage].src + ") center no-repeat";	
	change_slide();
}

function change_slide() 
{	
	m[0] += 1;	
	m[1] -= 1;	
	document.getElementById("ban_before").style.opacity = m[1]/100;	
	document.getElementById("ban_before").style.filter="alpha(opacity="+m[1]+")";	
	document.getElementById("ban_after").style.opacity = m[0]/100;	
	document.getElementById("ban_after").style.filter="alpha(opacity="+m[0]+")";	
	t = setTimeout("change_slide()", 5);	
	if (m[0] > 98) 	
	{		
		clearTimeout(t);		
		document.getElementById("ban_before").style.background = "url(" + slide[nextImage].src + ") center no-repeat";		
		document.getElementById("ban_before").style.opacity = 100;		
		document.getElementById("ban_before").style.filter="alpha(opacity=100)";				
		t = ""; 		
		s = setTimeout("next()", 3000);  	
	}
}