var stock = new Array();
for(var i = 0; i <= 6; i++) 
{
	stock[i]     = new Image();
	stock[i].src = '/shared/images/custom/nl/header/' + i + '.jpg';
}

//alert(stock.join('.'));
//alert(stock.length);


//configuration for the image blending at the top
var blendtime  = 1.5;  // time in seconds
var pausetime  = 3000; // time in milliseconds
var advance    = (blendtime * 1000) + pausetime;
var start      = 0; //milliseconds after load to start the rotating
var startimage = 0;
var image_nr   = '';

function RandomNumber(max)
{
	return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max + 1));

}

function Blend()
{
	//alert(startimage);
	//alert(stock.length);
	if(image_nr == '' || image_nr >= stock.length)
		image_nr = startimage;
	
	//is blending supported?
	if(document.all)
	{
		document.getElementById('image_rotator').style.filter = 'blendTrans(duration=' + blendtime + ')';
		document.getElementById('image_rotator').filters.blendTrans.Apply();   
	}
	
	document.getElementById('image_rotator').src = stock[image_nr].src;
	
	if(document.all)
		document.getElementById('image_rotator').filters.blendTrans.Play();

	//window.status = image_nr;
	
	image_nr++;
	
	setTimeout("Blend()", advance);
}

setTimeout("Blend()", start);