/* CONFIG */

startColor1 = "#000ff"; // initial link color 1
endColor1 = "#00afaf";  // final link color 2

startColor2 = "#000ff"; // initial link color 2
endColor2 = "#ff0000";  // final link color 1

stepIn = 20; // delay when fading in
stepOut = 30; // delay when fading out

/* INSTALL */
/*
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT SRC="myfader.js" LANGUAGE="Javascript"></SCRIPT>
</HEAD>

Example:
<A HREF="blah.asp" NAME="fading_link_1" CLASS= "fade">click here</A>
*/
/* DATA */

hexa = new makearray(16);
for(var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
   hexa[i] = i;
hexa[10]="a"; hexa[11]="b"; hexa[12]="c";
hexa[13]="d"; hexa[14]="e"; hexa[15]="f";

document.onmouseover = domouseover;
document.onmouseout = domouseout;

startColor1 = dehexize(startColor1.toLowerCase());
endColor1 = dehexize(endColor1.toLowerCase());

startColor2 = dehexize(startColor2.toLowerCase());
endColor2 = dehexize(endColor2.toLowerCase());

var fadeId = new Array();

function dehexize(Color)
{
   var colorArr = new makearray(3);
   for (i=1; i<7; i++) {

      for (j=0; j<16; j++) {

         if (Color.charAt(i) == hexa[j]) {

            if (i%2 !=0)
		colorArr[Math.floor((i-1)/2)]=eval(j)*16;
            else
                colorArr[Math.floor((i-1)/2)]+=eval(j);
         }
      }
   }

   return colorArr;
}

function domouseover()
{
   if(document.all) {

      srcElement = event.srcElement;
      if (srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") == 0) {

         var linkName = srcElement.name;
         if (eval(linkName).length > 1) {
         }
         else {

            if (srcElement.className == "fade1")
               fade(startColor1,endColor1,linkName,stepIn);

            if (srcElement.className == "fade2")
               fade(startColor2,endColor2,linkName,stepIn);

         }
      }
   }
}

function domouseout()
{
   if (document.all) {

      srcElement = event.srcElement;
      if (srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") == 0) {

         var linkName = srcElement.name;    	
         if (eval(linkName).length > 1){
         }
         else {

            if (srcElement.className == "fade1")
               fade(endColor1,startColor1,linkName,stepOut);

            if (srcElement.className == "fade2")
               fade(endColor2,startColor2,linkName,stepOut);

         }
      }
   }
}

function makearray(n)
{
   this.length = n;
   for(var i = 1; i <= n; i++)
      this[i] = 0;
   return this;
}

function hex(i)
{
   if (i < 0)
      return "00";
   else
      if (i > 255)
         return "ff";
      else
         return "" + hexa[Math.floor(i/16)] + hexa[i%16];
}

function setColor(r, g, b, element)
{
   var hr = hex(r); var hg = hex(g); var hb = hex(b);
   element.style.color = "#"+hr+hg+hb;
}

function fade(s,e, element,step)
{
   var sr = s[0]; var sg = s[1]; var sb = s[2];
   var er = e[0]; var eg = e[1]; var eb = e[2];
	
   if (fadeId[0] != null && fade[0] != element) {

      setColor(sr,sg,sb,eval(fadeId[0]));
      var i = 1;
      while(i < fadeId.length) {

         clearTimeout(fadeId[i]);
         i++;

      }
   }
	
   for(var i = 0; i <= step; i++) {

      fadeId[i+1] = setTimeout("setColor(Math.floor(" +sr+ " *(( " +step+ " - " +i+ " )/ " +step+ " ) + " +er+ " * (" +i+ "/" +
                                step+ ")),Math.floor(" +sg+ " * (( " +step+ " - " +i+ " )/ " +step+ " ) + " +eg+ " * (" +i+ "/" +step+
                                ")),Math.floor(" +sb+ " * ((" +step+ "-" +i+ ")/" +step+ ") + " +eb+ " * (" +i+ "/" +step+ ")),"+element+");",i*step);
   }

   fadeId[0] = element;
}
