// file     : imagehandling_2_0.js
// filename : imagehandling
// version  : 2.0
// date     : 22.04.2000
// author   : Christian Topnik

function image_preload() {   //Version1.2
	var p_images=image_preload.arguments;
	var count;
	document.preloaded=new Array();
	for(count=0;count<p_images.length;count++) {
		document.preloaded[count]=new Image;
		document.preloaded[count].src=p_images[count];
	}
}

function image_focus(image_name,name_ext,new_index,new_status) {   //Version2.0
	var source;
	var extension;
	var ext_length=(name_ext.length>0?name_ext.length:1);
	var akt_name
	for(count=0;count<ext_length;count++) {
		akt_name  = image_name+name_ext.charAt(count);
		source    = document[akt_name].src;
		extension = source.substring(source.lastIndexOf("."),source.length);
		document[akt_name].src=
			source.substring(0,source.lastIndexOf("_")+1)+new_index+extension;
	}
	window.status=new_status;
}