
  function SymError()
  { return true; }
  window.onerror = SymError;

  // Browser pruefen :
  function Browser() 
  {
  var ua, s, i;
  this.isIE     = false;  // Internet Explorer
  this.isOP    = false;  // Opera
  this.isNS    = false;  // Netscape
  this.version = null;
  ua = navigator.userAgent;

  s = "Opera";
  if ((i = ua.indexOf(s)) >= 0) 
  { this.isOP = true; this.version = parseFloat(ua.substr(i + s.length)); return; }

  s = "Netscape6/";
  if ((i = ua.indexOf(s)) >= 0) 
  { this.isNS = true; this.version = parseFloat(ua.substr(i + s.length)); return; }

  // Treat any other "Gecko" browser as Netscape 6.1.
  s = "Gecko";
  if ((i = ua.indexOf(s)) >= 0) 
  { this.isNS = true; this.version = 6.1; return; }

  s = "MSIE";
  if ((i = ua.indexOf(s))) 
  { this.isIE = true; this.version = parseFloat(ua.substr(i + s.length)); return; }
  }

  var browser = new Browser();
  var activeButton = null;

  function buttonClick(event, menuId) 
  { var button;
    // Get the target button element.
    if (browser.isIE)
      button = window.event.srcElement;
    else
      button = event.currentTarget;
  
    // Blur focus from the link to remove that annoying outline.
    button.blur();

    // Associate the named menu to this button if not already done.
    // Additionally, initialize menu display.
    if (button.menu == null) 
    { button.menu = document.getElementById(menuId);
      if (button.menu.isInitialized == null)
        menuInit(button.menu);
    }

    // [MODIFIED] Added for activate/deactivate on mouseover.
    // Set mouseout event handler for the button, if not already done.
    if (button.onmouseout == null)
      button.onmouseout = buttonOrMenuMouseout;

    // Exit if this button is the currently active one.
    if (button == activeButton)
      return false;
    // [END MODIFIED]

    // Reset the currently active button, if any.
    if (activeButton != null)
      resetButton(activeButton);

    // Activate this button, unless it was the currently active one.
    if (button != activeButton) 
    { depressButton(button); activeButton = button; } 
    else
      activeButton = null;
    return false;
  }

  function buttonMouseover(event, menuId) 
  { var button;

  // [MODIFIED] Added for activate/deactivate on mouseover.
    // Activates this button's menu if no other is currently active.
     if (activeButton == null) 
     { buttonClick(event, menuId); return; }
  // [END MODIFIED]

    // Find the target button element.
    if (browser.isIE)
      button = window.event.srcElement;
    else
      button = event.currentTarget;

    // If any other button menu is active, make this one active instead.
    if (activeButton != null && activeButton != button) buttonClick(event, menuId);
  }

  function depressButton(button) 
  { var x, y;

    // Update the button's style class to make it look like it's depressed.
    button.className += " menuButtonActive";

    // [MODIFIED] Added for activate/deactivate on mouseover.
    // Set mouseout event handler for the button, if not already done.
    if (button.onmouseout == null) button.onmouseout = buttonOrMenuMouseout;
    if (button.menu.onmouseout == null) button.menu.onmouseout = buttonOrMenuMouseout;
    // [END MODIFIED]

    // Position the associated drop down menu under the button and show it.
    x = getPageOffsetLeft(button); y = getPageOffsetTop(button) + button.offsetHeight;

    // For IE, adjust position.
    if (browser.isIE) 
    { x += button.offsetParent.clientLeft; y += button.offsetParent.clientTop; }

    button.menu.style.left = x + "px"; button.menu.style.top  = y + "px";
    button.menu.style.visibility = "visible";
  }

  function resetButton(button) 
  {
    // Restore the button's style class.
    removeClassName(button, "menuButtonActive");

    // Hide the button's menu, first closing any sub menus.
    if (button.menu != null) 
    { closeSubMenu(button.menu); button.menu.style.visibility = "hidden"; }
  }

  function menuMouseover(event) 
  { var menu;

    // Find the target menu element.
    if (browser.isIE)
      menu = getContainerWith(window.event.srcElement, "DIV", "menu");
    else
      menu = event.currentTarget;

    // Close any active sub menu.
    if (menu.activeItem != null) closeSubMenu(menu);
  }

  function menuItemMouseover(event, menuId) 
  { var item, menu, x, y;

    // Find the target item element and its parent menu element.
    if (browser.isIE)
      item = getContainerWith(window.event.srcElement, "A", "menuItem");
    else
      item = event.currentTarget;
    menu = getContainerWith(item, "DIV", "menu");

    // Close any active sub menu and mark this one as active.
    if (menu.activeItem != null)
      closeSubMenu(menu);
      menu.activeItem = item;

    // Highlight the item element.
    item.className += " menuItemHighlight";

    // Initialize the sub menu, if not already done.
    if (item.subMenu == null) 
    { item.subMenu = document.getElementById(menuId);
      if (item.subMenu.isInitialized == null) menuInit(item.subMenu);
    }

    // [MODIFIED] Added for activate/deactivate on mouseover.
    // Set mouseout event handler for the sub menu, if not already done.
    if (item.subMenu.onmouseout == null) item.subMenu.onmouseout = buttonOrMenuMouseout;
    // [END MODIFIED]

    // Get position for submenu based on the menu item.
    x = getPageOffsetLeft(item) + item.offsetWidth; y = getPageOffsetTop(item);

    // Adjust position to fit in view.
    var maxX, maxY;
    if (browser.isIE) 
    { maxX = Math.max(document.documentElement.scrollLeft, document.body.scrollLeft) +
      (document.documentElement.clientWidth != 0 ? document.documentElement.clientWidth : document.body.clientWidth);
      maxY = Math.max(document.documentElement.scrollTop, document.body.scrollTop) +
      (document.documentElement.clientHeight != 0 ? document.documentElement.clientHeight : document.body.clientHeight); }
  
    if (browser.isOP) 
    { maxX = document.documentElement.scrollLeft + window.innerWidth;
      maxY = document.documentElement.scrollTop  + window.innerHeight; }
 
    if (browser.isNS) 
    { maxX = window.scrollX + window.innerWidth; maxY = window.scrollY + window.innerHeight; }
    maxX -= item.subMenu.offsetWidth; maxY -= item.subMenu.offsetHeight;

    if (x > maxX)
    x = Math.max(0, x - item.offsetWidth - item.subMenu.offsetWidth + (menu.offsetWidth - item.offsetWidth));
    y = Math.max(0, Math.min(y, maxY));

    // Position and show the sub menu.
    item.subMenu.style.left = x+4 + "px"; item.subMenu.style.top  = y+6 + "px";	// +4 und +6 richten Submenue richtig aus
    item.subMenu.style.visibility = "visible";

    // Stop the event from bubbling.
    if (browser.isIE)
      window.event.cancelBubble = true;
    else
      event.stopPropagation();
  }

  function closeSubMenu(menu) 
  {
    if (menu == null || menu.activeItem == null) return;

    // Recursively close any sub menus.
    if (menu.activeItem.subMenu != null) 
    { closeSubMenu(menu.activeItem.subMenu);
      menu.activeItem.subMenu.style.visibility = "hidden";
      menu.activeItem.subMenu = null; }
    removeClassName(menu.activeItem, "menuItemHighlight");
    menu.activeItem = null;
  }

  // [MODIFIED] Added for activate/deactivate on mouseover. Handler for mouseout
  // event on buttons and menus.
  function buttonOrMenuMouseout(event) 
  { var el;
    // If there is no active button, exit.
    if (activeButton == null) return;

    // Find the element the mouse is moving to.
    if (browser.isIE)
      el = window.event.toElement;
    else if (event.relatedTarget != null)
      el = (event.relatedTarget.tagName ? event.relatedTarget : event.relatedTarget.parentNode);

    // If the element is not part of a menu, reset the active button.
  if (getContainerWith(el, "DIV", "menu") == null) 
  { resetButton(activeButton); activeButton = null; }
  }

// [END MODIFIED]

// Code to initialize menus.

  function menuInit(menu) 
  { var itemList, spanList; var textEl, arrowEl;
    var itemWidth; var w, dw; var i, j;

    // For IE, replace arrow characters.

    if (browser.isIE) 
    { menu.style.lineHeight = "1.5ex";
      spanList = menu.getElementsByTagName("SPAN");
      for (i = 0; i < spanList.length; i++)
        if (hasClassName(spanList[i], "menuItemArrow")) 
        { spanList[i].style.fontFamily = "Webdings"; spanList[i].firstChild.nodeValue = "4"; }
    }

    // Find the width of a menu item.
    itemList = menu.getElementsByTagName("A");
    if (itemList.length > 0)
      itemWidth = itemList[0].offsetWidth;
    else
      return;

    // For items with arrows, add padding to item text to make the arrows flush right.
    for (i = 0; i < itemList.length; i++) 
    { spanList = itemList[i].getElementsByTagName("SPAN");
      textEl  = null; arrowEl = null;
      for (j = 0; j < spanList.length; j++) 
      { if (hasClassName(spanList[j], "menuItemText")) textEl = spanList[j];
        if (hasClassName(spanList[j], "menuItemArrow")) arrowEl = spanList[j]; }

      if (textEl != null && arrowEl != null) 
      { textEl.style.paddingRight = (itemWidth - (textEl.offsetWidth + arrowEl.offsetWidth)) + "px";
		
      // For Opera, remove the negative right margin to fix a display bug.
      if (browser.isOP) arrowEl.style.marginRight = "0px"; }
    }

    // Fix IE hover problem by setting an explicit width on first item of the menu.
    if (browser.isIE) 
    { w = itemList[0].offsetWidth; itemList[0].style.width = w + "px";
      dw = itemList[0].offsetWidth - w; w -= dw;
      itemList[0].style.width = w + "px"; }

    // Mark menu as initialized.

    menu.isInitialized = true;
  }

// General utility functions

  function getContainerWith(node, tagName, className) 
  {
    // Starting with the given node, find the nearest containing element
    // with the specified tag name and style class.
    while (node != null) 
    { if (node.tagName != null && node.tagName == tagName && hasClassName(node, className))
      return node; node = node.parentNode; }

    return node;
  }

  function hasClassName(el, name) 
  { var i, list;

    // Return true if the given element currently has the given class name.
    list = el.className.split(" ");
    for (i = 0; i < list.length; i++)
      if (list[i] == name) return true;

    return false;
  }

  function removeClassName(el, name) 
  { var i, curList, newList;

    if (el.className == null) return;

    // Remove the given class name from the element's className property.
    newList = new Array(); curList = el.className.split(" ");
    for (i = 0; i < curList.length; i++)
      if (curList[i] != name) newList.push(curList[i]);
    el.className = newList.join(" ");
  }

  function getPageOffsetLeft(el) 
  { var x;

    // Return the x coordinate of an element relative to the page.
    x = el.offsetLeft;
    if (el.offsetParent != null)
      x += getPageOffsetLeft(el.offsetParent)-3;	// durch Zusatz "-3" wird SubLinkPanel bei hover um 3px nach links versetzt
  return x;
  }

  function getPageOffsetTop(el) 
  { var y;

    // Return the y coordinate of an element relative to the page.
    y = el.offsetTop;
    if (el.offsetParent != null)
      y += getPageOffsetTop(el.offsetParent)-3;	// durch Zusatz "-3" wird SubLinkPanel bei hover um 3px nach oben versetzt

    return y;
  }

