function initalt() {

	var altback="white";
	var altborder="CEDEE7";
	var altfont="arial";		// Alt-Message Font
	var altfontcolor="203C70";	// Alt-Message Font color
	var altfontsize="2";		// Alt-Message Font Size
	var altoffx=5;				// Alt-Message horizontal offset from mouse-position
	var altoffy=15;				// Alt-Message vertical offset from mouse-position
	var altwidth=240;			// Alt-Message width, will be expanded by your message
	var altheight=0;			// Alt-Message height, will be expanded by your message
	// end of Variables

	document.onmousedown = sniff;
	document.onmousemove = sniff;
	document.onmouseup = sniff;

	if (document.layers) {  //NS
		document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN | Event.MOUSEMOVE | Event.MOUSEUP);
		document.layers['altmessage'] = new Layer(altwidth);
		document.layers['altmessage'].left = 0;
		document.layers['altmessage'].top = 0;
		document.layers['altmessage'].height = altheight;
		document.layers['altmessage'].bgColor = altback;
		document.layers['altmessage'].visibility = "hidden";
		document.layers['altmessage'].borderStyle = "solid";
		document.layers['altmessage'].borderColor = altborder;
		document.layers['altmessage'].borderWidth = 1;
	} else if (document.all) { //IE
		document.body.insertAdjacentHTML("BeforeEnd",'<DIV ID="altmessage" STYLE="z-index:200; position:absolute; width:'+altwidth+'; height:'+altheight+'; left:0; top:0; visibility:hidden; background:'+altback+'; border-style:solid; border-width:1; border-color:'+altborder+'"></DIV>');
	}
}

function sniff(e) {
	// GETS Mouseposition
	if (document.layers) {
		var mousex=e.pageX;
		var mousey=e.pageY;
		document.layers['altmessage'].left = mousex+altoffx;
		document.layers['altmessage'].top = mousey+altoffy;
	} else if (document.all) {
		var mousex=event.x;
		var mousey=event.y+document.body.scrollTop;
		altmessage.style.top=mousey+altoffy;
		altmessage.style.left=mousex+altoffx;
	}
}

function doalt(message)
{
	//The main routine
	content='<font face="'+altfont+'" size="'+altfontsize+'" color="'+altfontcolor+'">'+message+'</FONT>'
	if (document.layers) {
		with (document.layers['altmessage'].document) {
			open()
			write(content)
			close()
		}
		document.layers['altmessage'].visibility = "show"
	} 	else if (document.all) { 
		document.all['altmessage'].innerHTML = content
		document.all['altmessage'].style.visibility = "visible"
	}
}

function realt()
{
	if (document.layers)document.layers['altmessage'].visibility = "hidden";
	else if (document.all) document.all['altmessage'].style.visibility = "hidden";
}