function getDOMObject(objectId) {
  if(document.getElementById && document.getElementById(objectId)) {
	return document.getElementById(objectId);
   }
   else if (document.all && document.all(objectId)) {  
	return document.all(objectId);
   } else {
	return false;
   }
}       

function getStyleObject(objectId) {
  // checkW3C DOM, then MSIE 4, then NN 4.
  //
  if(document.getElementById && document.getElementById(objectId)) {
	return document.getElementById(objectId).style;
   }
   else if (document.all && document.all(objectId)) {  
	return document.all(objectId).style;
   } 
   else if (document.layers && document.layers[objectId]) { 
	return document.layers[objectId];
   } else {
	return false;
   }
}

//getElementPosition()
//From: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/excerpt/JSDHTMLCkbk_chap13/index6.html
function getElementPosition(elemID) {
    var offsetTrail = document.getElementById(elemID);
    var offsetLeft = 0;
    var offsetTop = 0;
    while (offsetTrail) {
        offsetLeft += offsetTrail.offsetLeft;
        offsetTop += offsetTrail.offsetTop;
        offsetTrail = offsetTrail.offsetParent;
    }
    if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Mac") != -1 && 
        typeof document.body.leftMargin != "undefined") {
        offsetLeft += document.body.leftMargin;
        offsetTop += document.body.topMargin;
    }
    return {left:offsetLeft, top:offsetTop};
}