if( ( browser.isIE55 || browser.isIE6up ) && browser.isWin32 ) 
{
	var pngAlpha = true;
} 

// else, if the browser can display PNGs normally, then do that
else if ( ( browser.isGecko) || ( browser.isIE5up && browser.isMac ) || 
		  ( browser.isOpera && browser.isWin && browser.versionMajor >= 6 ) || 
		  ( browser.isOpera && browser.isUnix && browser.versionMajor >= 6 ) || 
		  ( browser.isOpera && browser.isMac && browser.versionMajor >= 5 ) || 
		  ( browser.isOmniweb && browser.versionMinor >= 3.1) || 
		  ( browser.isIcab && browser.versionMinor >= 1.9) || 
		  ( browser.isWebtv ) || ( browser.isDreamcast ) ) 
{
	var pngNormal = true;
}


function DisplayPNG( fileName, strId, strClass )
{
	 StartDisplayPNG( fileName, strId, strClass );
	 StopDisplayPNG();
}


function StartDisplayPNG( fileName, strId, strClass )
{
	if( pngAlpha ) 
	{
		document.write("<div id=\""+strId+"\" class=\""+strClass+"\" style=\"filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader( src=\'"+fileName+".png\', sizingMethod=\'scale\' )\">");
	} 
	else if( pngNormal ) 
	{
		document.write("<div id=\""+strId+"\" class=\""+strClass+"\" style=\"background: url( \'"+fileName+".png\' );\">");
	} 
}


function StopDisplayPNG()
{
	document.write("</div>");
}


/*


function od_displayImage( strId, strPath, intWidth, intHeight, strClass, strAlt ) 
{	
	if( pngAlpha ) 
	{
		document.write('<div style="height:' + intHeight + 'px;' 
			'width:' + intWidth + 'px;'
			'filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader'
			'(src=\''+strPath+'.png\', sizingMethod=\'scale\')"' 
			'id="'+strId+'" class="'+strClass+'"></div>');
	} 
	else if( pngNormal ) 
	{
		document.write('<div name="' +strId+ '" class="' +strClass+ '" alt="' +strAlt+ '"></div>');
	} 
	else 
	{
		document.write('<img src="'+strPath+'.gif" '
			'width="'+intWidth+'" '
			'height="'+intHeight+'" name="'+strId+'" '
			'border="0" class="'+strClass+'" alt="'+strAlt+'" />');
	}
}
*/