function initalt(x,y){
	altback="white" 
	altborder="000000"
	altfont="arial"  // Alt-Message Font
	altfontcolor="000000"// Alt-Message Font color
	altfontsize="1" // Alt-Message Font Size
	altoffx=x // Alt-Message horizontal offset from mouse-position
	altoffy=y // Alt-Message vertical offset from mouse-position
	altwidth=240 // Alt-Message width, will be expanded by your message
	altheight=20 // Alt-Message height, will be expanded by your message
             
	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 = 2;
		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 = 5
  }
  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:2;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
	var content;
	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";
}