function initalt()
{
altback="FFFF66"
altborder="CEDEE7"
altfont="arial"  // Alt-Message Font
altfontcolor="203C70"// Alt-Message Font color
altfontsize="2" // Alt-Message Font Size
altoffx=15 // Alt-Message horizontal offset from mouse-position
altoffy=15 // Alt-Message vertical offset from mouse-position
altwidth=137 // Alt-Message width, will be expanded by your message
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";
       }