// ***** HIDE FUNCTION ****
function hide(layer) {
document.getElementById(layer).style.visibility = "hidden";
}

// ***** SHOW FUNCTION ****
function show(layer) {
document.getElementById(layer).style.visibility = "visible";
}

// ***** WAITING FUNCTION ****
function waiting() {
document.getElementById('pagecontain').style.opacity = '.25';
document.getElementById('pagecontain').mozopacity = '.25';
document.getElementById('pagecontain').style.filter = 'alpha(opacity=25';

document.getElementById('wait').style.display = 'block';
setTimeout('document.images[\'progress\'].src=\'images/loading.gif\'',200);
}