// Call the init-routine with <BODY onload="initalt()">
// Call the alt-routine via mouseover 
// <a href="" onmouseover="doalt('your message')" onmouseout="realt()">Link</A>
// You can use any html you want as your message, so this could also be used for some 
// Menus...
//

function initalt() {
	altback="white"; 
	altborder="#e85195";
	altfont="arial";  // Alt-Message Font
	altfontcolor="#e85195";// Alt-Message Font color
	altfontsize="2"; // Alt-Message Font Size
	altoffx=5; // Alt-Message horizontal offset from mouse-position
	altoffy=15; // Alt-Message vertical offset from mouse-position
	altwidth=240; // Alt-Message width, will be expanded by your message
	altheight=0; // Alt-Message height, will be expanded by your message
	// end of Variables
             
	document.onmousedown = sniff;
	document.onmousemove = sniff;
	document.onmouseup = sniff;
}

function sniff(e) {
	// GETS Mouseposition
	if (document.layers) {
	var mousex=e.pageX; var mousey=e.pageY;document.layers['altmessage'].left = mousex+altoffx;document.layers['altmessage'].top = mousey+altoffy;
	}
	else if (document.all) {
	var mousex=event.x; var mousey=event.y+document.body.scrollTop;altmessage.style.top=mousey+altoffy;altmessage.style.left=mousex+altoffx;
	}
}

function doalt(message) {
	var altMsg;
			
	altMsg = document.getElementById('altmessage');
		
	altMsg.innerHTML = message;
	altMsg.style.visibility = "visible";
}
	
function realt() {
	if (document.layers)document.layers['altmessage'].visibility = "hidden";
	else if (document.all) document.all['altmessage'].style.visibility = "hidden";
}