var timerID = null;
var showtimerID = null;
var timercount = 500;
var menuy=0;
var currentmenu=0;
var num_menu=2;

function showmenu (target,v) {

//showtimerID=window.setTimeout("showmenu2('"+target+"',"+v+")",timercount);
showmenu2 (target,v);
//hide all selects

}//end of function

function showmenu2 (target,v) {
 
if (v!=currentmenu) {
for (i=1;i<=num_menu;i++) {
hidemenu('menu'+i);
}
}
currentmenu=v;
targetmenu=(document.getElementById) ?
document.getElementById(target).style : eval ("document."+target);
targetmenu.top=menuy+"px";
targetmenu.visibility="visible";
clearTimeout(timerID);  timerID = null;
}

function cancelmenu (target) {
clearTimeout(showtimerID);  showtimerID = null;
timerID=window.setTimeout("hidemenu('"+target+"')",timercount);
}

function hidemenu (target) {

targetmenu=(document.getElementById) ? document.getElementById(target).style : eval ("document."+target);
targetmenu.top=-2000;
targetmenu.visibility="hidden";
//show all selects

}//end of function

function createmenu(number,menuName,start,finish,left) {
//menu
document.write ('<div id="'+menuName+'" class="iMenu" style="left: '+left+'px;" ');
document.write ('onMouseover="showmenu(\''+menuName+'\','+number+');"');
document.write ('onMouseout="cancelmenu(\''+menuName+'\');">');
document.write ('<div class="iMenu2"><ul id="submenu">');
//menu options
var type;
for (i=start;i<=finish;i++) {

document.write ('<li><a href="'+menu[i].url+'">'+menu[i].entry+'</a></li>');
}
document.write ('</ul></div>');
document.write ('</div>');
}