function PreloadImages()
{
   var imageObj = new Image();
   var images = new Array();
   images[0]="./images/rotating-images1.jpg";
   images[1]="./images/rotating-images2.jpg";
   images[2]="./images/rotating-images3.jpg";
   images[3]="./images/rotating-images4.jpg";
   images[4]="./images/rotating-images5.jpg";
   for (var i=0; i<=4; i++)
   {
      imageObj.src = images[i];
   }
}

function FadeImage(id, duration)
{
   var millisec = Math.round(duration / 100);
   var timer = 0;
   for(i = 0; i <= 100; i++)
   {
      setTimeout("SetOpacity('" + id + "'," + i + ")",(timer * millisec));
      timer++;
   }
}
function SetOpacity(id, opacity)
{
   var element = document.getElementById(id).style;
   element.opacity = (opacity / 100);
   element.MozOpacity = (opacity / 100);
   element.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 100);
   element.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")";
}