/* 'Transparenz 090507' (c) cybaer@binon.net - http://Coding.binon.net/Transparenz */
/* Lizenz CC <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/> */
function transparency(element,percentage) {
	var i, count, objStyle, filterValue, opacityValue;
	if(document.getElementById) {
		if(typeof(element)=="object" && element) { obj=element; }
		else if (document.getElementsByName(element) && document.getElementsByName(element)[0]) {
			obj=document.getElementsByName(element);
			}
		else if (document.getElementById(element)) {
			obj=document.getElementById(element);
			}
		else if (document.getElementsByTagName && document.getElementsByTagName(element) && document.getElementsByTagName(element)[0]) {
			obj=document.getElementsByTagName(element); 
			}
		else { 
			obj=false;
			}
		if(obj) {
			percentage=(typeof(percentage)=="undefined")?50:100-percentage;
			filterValue="Alpha(opacity="+percentage+")";
			opacityValue=""+percentage/100;
			count=(obj.length)?obj.length:1;
			for(i=0;i<count;i++) {
				objStyle=(obj.length)?obj[i].style:obj.style;
				objStyle.filter=filterValue;
				objStyle.MozOpacity=opacityValue;
				objStyle.KhtmlOpacity=opacityValue;
				objStyle.opacity=opacityValue;
				}
			}
		}
	}

xJStrans=true;
