function addEvent(obj, type, fn){
  if (obj.addEventListener)
    obj.addEventListener(type, fn, false);
  else if (obj.attachEvent){
    obj["e"+type+fn] = fn;
    obj[type+fn] = function(){obj["e"+type+fn](window.event);}
    obj.attachEvent("on"+type, obj[type+fn]);
  }
}

/* main menu image preloading */ 
if (document.images) {
		pic1passports= new Image();
		pic1passports.src='/upload/wysiwyg/test/images/but_passports.gif';
		
		pic2passports= new Image();
		pic2passports.src='/upload/wysiwyg/test/images/but_passports_ov.gif';
		
		pic3passports= new Image();
		pic3passports.src='/upload/wysiwyg/test/images/but_passports_sel.gif';
	
		pic1visas= new Image();
		pic1visas.src='/upload/wysiwyg/test/images/but_visas.gif';
		
		pic2visas= new Image();
		pic2visas.src='/upload/wysiwyg/test/images/but_visas_ov.gif';
		
		pic3visas= new Image();
		pic3visas.src='/upload/wysiwyg/test/images/but_visas_sel.gif';
	
		pic1customer= new Image();
		pic1customer.src='/upload/wysiwyg/test/images/but_customer.gif';
		
		pic2customer= new Image();
		pic2customer.src='/upload/wysiwyg/test/images/but_customer_ov.gif';
		
		pic3customer= new Image();
		pic3customer.src='/upload/wysiwyg/test/images/but_customer_sel.gif';
	
		pic1affiliates= new Image();
		pic1affiliates.src='/upload/wysiwyg/test/images/but_affil.gif';
		
		pic2affiliates= new Image();
		pic2affiliates.src='/upload/wysiwyg/test/images/but_affil_ov.gif';
		
		pic3affiliates= new Image();
		pic3affiliates.src='/upload/wysiwyg/test/images/but_affil_sel.gif';
	
		pic1about= new Image();
		pic1about.src='/upload/wysiwyg/test/images/but_about.gif';
		
		pic2about= new Image();
		pic2about.src='/upload/wysiwyg/test/images/but_about_ov.gif';
		
		pic3about= new Image();
		pic3about.src='/upload/wysiwyg/test/images/but_about_sel.gif';
	
		pic1contact= new Image();
		pic1contact.src='/upload/wysiwyg/test/images/but_contact.gif';
		
		pic2contact= new Image();
		pic2contact.src='/upload/wysiwyg/test/images/but_contact_ov.gif';
		
		pic3contact= new Image();
		pic3contact.src='/upload/wysiwyg/test/images/but_contact_sel.gif';
	}