var timerlen = 1;
var slideAniLen = 250;

var timerID = new Array();
var startTime = new Array();
var obj = new Array();
var endHeight = new Array();
var moving = new Array();
var dir = new Array();

function slidedown(objname){

		 if(moving[objname])
		return;
		
		
        //if(document.getElementById(objname).style.display != "none")
		if(document.getElementById(objname).className != "new_hide_div")
                return; // cannot slide down something that is already visible
	moving[objname] = true;
        dir[objname] = "down";
        startslide(objname);
	//document.getElementById('ifrmenews').style.visibility = "visible";
}

function slideup(objname){

        if(moving[objname])
                return;

        if(document.getElementById(objname).style.display == "none")
                return; // cannot slide up something that is already hidden

        moving[objname] = true;
        dir[objname] = "up";
        startslide(objname);
	

}

function startslide(objname){

        obj[objname] = document.getElementById(objname);
        //endHeight[objname] = parseInt(obj[objname].style.height);
		endHeight[objname] = parseInt(560);
        startTime[objname] = (new Date()).getTime();
       
		if(dir[objname] == "down" )
		{
		 
 		  obj[objname].style.height = "1px";
    	}
	
	obj[objname].style.display="block";
	timerID[objname] = setInterval('slidetick(\'' + objname + '\');',timerlen);
 	
}

function slidetick(objname){

	
        var elapsed = (new Date()).getTime() - startTime[objname];
		

        if (elapsed > slideAniLen)
                endSlide(objname)
        else {
               var d =Math.round(elapsed / slideAniLen * endHeight[objname]);
		//var d = 300;	
                if(dir[objname] == "up")

	                        d = endHeight[objname] - d;
             	
	 obj[objname].style.height = d + "px";
	
        }
	
        return;
}

function endSlide(objname){

	
       clearInterval(timerID[objname]);
        if(dir[objname] == "up")
                obj[objname].style.display = "none";
        obj[objname].style.height = endHeight[objname] + "px";
        delete(moving[objname]);
        delete(timerID[objname]);
        delete(startTime[objname]);
        delete(endHeight[objname]);
        delete(obj[objname]);
        delete(dir[objname]);

        return;
}