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var isIE4 = ((document.all && !isDOM) ? true : false);
var isNS4 = (document.layers ? true : false);

function getRef(id)
{
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 if (isNS4) return document.layers[id];
}

function getSty(id)
{
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} 


// *** MOUSEOVER/OUT CONTROL FUNCTIONS ***

// Hide timeout.
var popTimer = 0;
// Array showing highlighted menu items.
var litNow = new Array();

function popOver(menuNum, itemNum)
{
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 // Hide all other menus & dim old highlighted items, still showing this menu.
 hideAllBut(menuNum);

 // Get tree of parent menu items and light them up - global variable for hideAllBut!
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 // Get target menu to show - if it's nonzero, position & show it.
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   top = parseInt(thisY + menu[targetNum][0].y);
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}

function popOut(menuNum, itemNum)
{
 // If it's a root menu item that doesn't trigger a popout, hide now, else set timeout
 // to hide menu in 1/20 sec, *UNLESS* another mouseover clears the timeout!
 if ((menuNum == 0) && !menu[menuNum][itemNum].target)
  hideAllBut(0)
 else
  popTimer = setTimeout('hideAllBut(0)', 50);
}

function getTree(menuNum, itemNum)
{
 // Array index is the menu number. The contents are null (if that menu is not a parent)
 // or the item number in that menu that is an ancestor (to light it up).
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 while(1)
 {
  itemArray[menuNum] = itemNum;
  // If we've reached the top of the hierarchy, return.
  if (menuNum == 0) return itemArray;
  itemNum = menu[menuNum][0].parentItem;
  menuNum = menu[menuNum][0].parentMenu;
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}

// Pass an array and a boolean to specify colour change, true = over colour.
function changeCol(changeArray, isOver)
{
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    else backgroundColor = newCol;
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}

function hideAllBut(menuNum)
{
 // Get array of parent menus (item numbers irrelevant, just pass '1').
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 // ...and work through it, hiding menus that are not its ancestors/itself.
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  if (!keepMenus[count])
   menu[count][0].ref.visibility = 'hidden';

 // Dim all the items in litNow array.
 changeCol(litNow, false);
}


// *** MENU CONSTRUCTION FUNCTIONS ***


function Menu(isVert, popInd, x, y, width, overCol, backCol, borderClass, textClass)
{
 // True or false - a vertical menu?
 this.isVert = isVert;
 // The popout indicator used (if any) for this menu.
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 // Position and size settings.
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 this.y = y;
 this.width = width;
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 this.backCol = backCol;
 // The stylesheet class used for item borders and the text within items.
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 this.textClass = textClass;
 // Parent menu and item numbers, indexed later.
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 this.parentItem = null;
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}

function Item(text, href, frame, length, spacing, target)
{
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 this.href = href;
 this.frame = frame;
 this.length = length;
 this.spacing = spacing;
 this.target = target;
 // Reference to the object's style properties (set later).
 this.ref = null;
}

function writeMenus()
{
 if (!isDOM && !isIE4 && !isNS4) return;

 // Loop through menus, using properties of menu description object, i.e. x, y, width etc...
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 {
  // Variable for holding HTML for items and positions of next item.
  var str = '', itemX = 0, itemY = 0;

  // Remember, items start from 1 in the array (0 is menu object itself, above).
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  for (currItem = 1; currItem < menu[currMenu].length; currItem++) with (menu[currMenu][currItem])
  {
   var itemID = 'menu' + currMenu + 'item' + currItem;

   // The width and height of the menu item - dependent on orientation!
   var w = (isVert ? width : length);
   var h = (isVert ? length : width);

   // Create a div or layer text string with appropriate styles/properties.
   // Thanks to Paul Maden (www.paulmaden.com) for helping debug this in IE4, apparently
   // the width must be a miniumum of 3 for it to work in that browser.
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    str += '" ';
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   {
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   if (borderClass) str += 'class="' + borderClass + '" ';
   
   // Add mouseover handlers and finish div/layer.
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   // Add contents of item (default: table with link inside).
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   // If a target frame is specified, also add that to the <a> tag.
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    '<a class="' + textClass + '" href="' + href + '"' +
    (frame ? ' target="' + frame + '">' : '>') + text + '</a></td>';

   if (target > 0)
   {
    // Set target's parents to this menu item.
    menu[target][0].parentMenu = currMenu;
    menu[target][0].parentItem = currItem;

    // Add a popout indicator.
    if (popInd) str += '<td class="' + textClass + '" align="right">' + popInd + '</td>';
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   // Finish off table and item.
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   // Move next item position down or across by this item's length and additional spacing.
   if (isVert) itemY += length + spacing;
   else itemX += length + spacing;

  // End loop through items and with([menu[currMenu][currItem]).
  }


  // Now, write the menu to the document depending on browser capabilities.
  // N.B: Still using properties of menu[currMenu][0] like 'ref' etc...

  // In IE5+ or NS6+, create a new DIV node and add text to it...
  if (isDOM)
  {
   var newDiv = document.createElement('div');
   document.getElementsByTagName('body').item(0).appendChild(newDiv);
   newDiv.innerHTML = str;
   ref = newDiv.style;
    
   ref.position = 'absolute';
   ref.visibility = 'hidden';
  }
   
  // Insert a div tag to the end of the BODY with menu HTML in place for IE4.
  if (isIE4)
  {
   document.body.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeEnd', '<div id="menu' + currMenu + 'div" ' +
    'style="position: absolute; visibility: hidden">' + str + '</div>');
   ref = getSty('menu' + currMenu + 'div');
  }
   
  // In NS4, create a reference to a new layer and write the items to it.
  if (isNS4)
  {
   ref = new Layer(0);
   ref.document.write(str);
   ref.document.close();
  }

  // Now items have been written, loop through them again to set up references.
  for (currItem = 1; currItem < menu[currMenu].length; currItem++)
  {
   itemName = 'menu' + currMenu + 'item' + currItem;
   if (isDOM || isIE4) menu[currMenu][currItem].ref = getSty(itemName);
   if (isNS4) menu[currMenu][currItem].ref = ref.document[itemName];
  }

 // End loop through menus and with (menu[currMenu][0]).
 }

 // Now they've all been written, position & show the root menu (others positioned later).
 with(menu[0][0])
 {
  ref.left = x;
  ref.top = y;
  ref.visibility = 'visible';
 }
}


// Syntaxes:    *** START EDITING HERE, READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY! ***
//
// menu[menuNumber][0] = new Menu(Vertical menu? (true/false), 'popout indicator', left, top,
// width, 'mouseover colour', 'background colour', 'border stylesheet', 'text stylesheet');
//
// Left and Top are measured on-the-fly relative to the top-left corner of its trigger, or
// for the root menu, the top-left corner of the page.
//
// menu[menuNumber][itemNumber] = new Item('Text', 'URL', 'target frame', length of menu item,
//  additional spacing to next menu item, number of target menu to popout);
//
// If no target menu (popout) is desired, set it to 0. Likewise, if your site does not use
// frames, pass an empty string as a frame target.
//
// Something that needs explaining - the Vertical Menu setup. You can see most menus below
// are 'true', that is they are vertical, except for the first root menu. The 'length' and
// 'width' of an item depends on its orientation -- length is how long the item runs for in
// the direction of the menu, and width is the lateral dimension of the menu. Just look at
// the examples and tweak the numbers, they'll make sense eventually :).

var menu = new Array();

// Default colours passed to most menu constructors (just passed to functions, not
// a global variable - makes things easier to change later in bulk).
var defOver = '#FFFFFF', defBack = '#D7D7D7';

// Default 'length' of menu items - item height if menu is vertical, width if horizontal.
var defLength = 25;

menu[0] = new Array();
menu[0][0] = new Menu(true, '<img src = "http://www.vdebate.org/images/arrow.gif">', 5, 120, 125, defOver, defBack, '', 'itemText');
menu[0][1] = new Item('Home', 'http://www.vdebate.org/index.htm', '', defLength, 0, 0);
menu[0][2] = new Item('Organization', 'http://www.vdebate.org/ourwork/index.htm', '', defLength, 0, 1);
menu[0][3] = new Item('News Blogs', 'http://www.blogvdebate.blogspot.com', '', defLength, 0, 2);
menu[0][4] = new Item('Links', 'http://www.vdebate.org/links/index.htm', '',defLength, 0, 9);
menu[0][5] = new Item('MailingList', 'http://www.vdebate.org/mail/lists/?p=subscribe&id=2', '',defLength, 0, 10);
menu[0][6] = new Item('Databases', 'http://www.vdebate.org/data/News_list.php', '',defLength, 0, 11);
menu[0][7] = new Item('Visual Gallery', 'http://www.vdebate.org/gallery/main.php?', '',defLength, 0, 8);
menu[0][8] = new Item('English BLOG', 'http://www.blogvdebate.blogspot.com', '',defLength, 0, 0);
menu[0][9] = new Item('Spanish BLOG', 'http://www.vdebate.blogspot.com', '',defLength, 0, 0);

//menu[0][4] = new Item('Visual Gallery', 'http://www.vdebate.org/visual/index.htm', '', defLength, 0, 3);
//menu[0][5] = new Item('Elections', 'http://www.vdebate.org/elections/index.htm', '', defLength, 0, 4);
//menu[0][6] = new Item('Human Rights', 'http://www.vdebate.org/hr/index.htm', '', defLength, 0, 5);
//menu[0][7] = new Item('Economics', 'http://www.vdebate.org/economics/index.htm', '', defLength, 0, 6);
//menu[0][8] = new Item('Chavez Allies', 'http://www.vdebate.org/allies/index.htm', '', defLength, 0, 7);
//menu[0][9] = new Item('Support Our Work', 'http://www.vdebate.org/support/index.htm', '',defLength, 0, 8);
//menu[0][10] = new Item('Links', 'http://www.vdebate.org/links/index.htm', '',defLength, 0, 9);
//menu[0][11] = new Item('MailingList', 'http://www.vdebate.org/mail/lists/?', '',defLength, 0, 10);
//menu[0][12] = new Item('Databases', 'http://www.vdebate.org/database/menu.php', '',defLength, 0, 11);
//menu[0][13] = new Item('Vdebate BLOG', 'http://www.blog.vdebate.org', '',defLength, 0, 0);
//menu[0][12] = new Item('Navigation', 'http://www.vdebate.org/asp/navigation.pdf', '',defLength, 0, 0);

menu[1] = new Array();
menu[1][0] = new Menu(true, '<img src = "http://www.vdebate.org/images/arrow.gif">', 125, 0, 140, defOver, defBack, 'itemBorder', 'itemText');
menu[1][1] = new Item('Our Mission', 'http://www.vdebate.org/ourwork/index.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[1][2] = new Item('Our Work', 'http://www.vdebate.org/ourwork/ourwork.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[1][3] = new Item('Support us', 'http://www.vdebate.org/support/index.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[1][4] = new Item('IVCD Denounces', 'http://www.vdebate.org/editorial/index.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);

menu[2] = new Array();
menu[2][0] = new Menu(true, '<img src = "http://www.vdebate.org/images/arrow.gif">', 125, 0, 140, defOver, defBack, 'itemBorder', 'itemText');
menu[2][1] = new Item('English Blog', 'http://www.blogvdebate.blogspot.com', '', defLength, -1, 0);
menu[2][2] = new Item('Spanish Blog', 'http://www.vdebate.blogspot.com', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[2][3] = new Item('El Nuevo Herald', 'http://www.vdebate.org/news/nh.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);


menu[3] = new Array();
menu[3][0] = new Menu(true, '<img src = "http://www.vdebate.org/images/arrow.gif">', 125, 0, 140, defOver, defBack, 'itemBorder', 'itemText');
menu[3][1] = new Item('Pictures&videos', 'http://www.vdebate.org/visual/index.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[3][2] = new Item('Pictures', 'http://www.vdebate.org/visual/index.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[3][3] = new Item('Audio', 'http://www.vdebate.org/visual/indes.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[3][4] = new Item('Venezuelans Org', 'http://www.vdebate.org/index/underconstruction.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);

menu[4] = new Array();
menu[4][0] = new Menu(true, '<img src = "http://www.vdebate.org/images/arrow.gif">', 125, 0, 140, defOver, defBack, 'itemBorder', 'itemText');
menu[4][1] = new Item('Presidential', 'http://www.vdebate.org/elections/presidential.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
menu[4][2] = new Item('Electronic Fraud', 'http://www.vdebate.org/elections/prefraud.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
menu[4][3] = new Item('Congress', 'http://www.vdebate.org/elections/congress.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
menu[4][4] = new Item('Governors', 'http://www.vdebate.org/elections/governors.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
menu[4][5] = new Item('Referendum Fraud', 'http://www.vdebate.org/elections/referendum.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
menu[4][6] = new Item('Smartmatic',  'http://www.vdebate.org/elections/smartmatic.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[4][7] = new Item('Testigos Exterior','http://www.vdebate.org/elections/testigos.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);

menu[5] = new Array();
menu[5][0] = new Menu(true, '<img src = "http://www.vdebate.org/images/arrow.gif">', 125, 0, 140, defOver, defBack, 'itemBorder', 'itemText');
menu[5][1] = new Item('HR', 'http://www.vdebate.org/hr/index.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[5][2] = new Item('Press', 'http://www.vdebate.org/hr/press.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[5][3] = new Item('LatinAmerica', 'http://www.vdebate.org/events/latinamerica.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[5][4] = new Item('Others', 'http://www.vdebate.org/events/others.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);

menu[6] = new Array();
menu[6][0] = new Menu(true, '<img src = "http://www.vdebate.org/images/arrow.gif">', 125, 0, 140, defOver, defBack, 'itemBorder', 'itemText');
menu[6][1] = new Item('Resource various', 'http://www.vdebate.org/economics/index.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[6][2] = new Item('Government', 'http://www.vdebate.org/documents/government.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[6][3] = new Item('Analysis', 'http://www.vdebate.org/documents/analysis.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);

menu[7] = new Array();
menu[7][0] = new Menu(true, '<img src = "http://www.vdebate.org/images/arrow.gif">', 125, 0, 140, defOver, defBack, 'itemBorder', 'itemText');
//menu[7][1] = new Item('American Allies', 'http://www.vdebate.org/allies/index.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[7][2] = new Item('European Allies', 'http://www.vdebate.org/allies/index.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[7][3] = new Item('Latinos Allies', 'http://www.vdebate.org/allies/index.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[7][4] = new Item('Others', 'http://www.vdebate.org/allies/others.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);

menu[8] = new Array();
menu[8][0] = new Menu(true, '<img src = "http://www.vdebate.org/images/arrow.gif">', 125, 0, 140, defOver, defBack, 'itemBorder', 'itemText');
menu[8][1] = new Item('No Mas Chavez', 'http://www.vdebate.org/gallery/main.php?', '', defLength, -1, 0);
menu[8][2] = new Item('Weil', 'http://www.vdebate.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=217', '', defLength, -1, 0);
menu[8][3] = new Item('Pictures&videos', 'http://www.vdebate.org/visual/index.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[8][1] = new Item('Mail Donations', 'http://www.vdebate.org/support/index.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[8][2] = new Item('Organization Members', 'http://www.vdebate.org/links/members.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[8][3] = new Item('LatinAmerica', 'http://www.vdebate.org/ong/csp.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[8][4] = new Item('Others', 'http://www.vdebate.org/ong/others.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);

menu[9] = new Array();
menu[9][0] = new Menu(true, '<img src = "http://www.vdebate.org/images/arrow.gif">', 125, 0, 140, defOver, defBack, 'itemBorder', 'itemText');
menu[9][1] = new Item('Sites/Blogs', 'http://www.vdebate.org/links/index.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[9][2] = new Item('Newspapers', 'http://www.vdebate.org/links/np.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[9][3] = new Item('NOGs', 'http://www.vdebate.org/links/ngo.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[9][4] = new Item('News', 'http://www.vdebate.org/links/in.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);

menu[10] = new Array();
menu[10][0] = new Menu(true, '<img src = "http://www.vdebate.org/images/arrow.gif">', 125, 0, 140, defOver, defBack, 'itemBorder', 'itemText');
menu[10][1] = new Item('Subscribe', 'http://www.vdebate.org/mail/lists/?p=subscribe&id=2', '', defLength, -1, 0);
menu[10][2] = new Item('Unsubscribe', 'http://www.vdebate.org/mail/lists/?p=unsubscribe', '', defLength, -1, 0);

menu[11] = new Array();
menu[11][0] = new Menu(true, '<img src = "http://www.vdebate.org/images/arrow.gif">', 125, 0, 140, defOver, defBack, 'itemBorder', 'itemText');
menu[11][1] = new Item('News by category', 'http://www.vdebate.org/data/News_list.php?', '', defLength, -1, 0);
menu[11][2] = new Item('Edit databases          ', 'http://www.vdebate.org/data/login.php', '', defLength, -1, 0);
menu[11][3] = new Item('OEA Data', 'http://www.vdebate.org/datamail/Mailing_list.php', '', defLength, -1, 0);
menu[11][4] = new Item('Exterior 0926', 'http://www.vdebate.org/elecciones/login.php', '', defLength, -1, 0);
//menu[9][4] = new Item('Others', 'http://www.vdebate.org/politics/others.htm', '', defLength, -1, 0);

// *** OPTIONAL CODE FROM HERE DOWN ***

// These two lines handle the window resize bug in NS4. See <body onResize="...">.
// I recommend you leave this here as otherwise when you resize NS4's width menus are hidden.

var popOldWidth = window.innerWidth;
nsResizeHandler = new Function('if (popOldWidth != window.innerWidth) location.reload()');


// This is a quick snippet that captures all clicks on the document and hides the menus
// every time you click. Use if you want.

if (isNS4) document.captureEvents(Event.CLICK);
document.onclick = clickHandle;

function clickHandle(evt)
{
 if (isNS4) document.routeEvent(evt);
 hideAllBut(0);
}


// This is just the moving command for the example.

function moveRoot()
{
 with(menu[0][0].ref) left = ((parseInt(left) < 100) ? 100 : 5);
}

// End Hide -->