function opacity(id, opacStart, opacEnd, millisec, faderText) { 
  var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100); 
  var timer = 0; 
  if(opacStart > opacEnd) { 
     document.getElementById("loaderText").innerHTML="&nbsp;"
		 for(i = opacStart; i >= opacEnd; i--) { 
         setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed)); 
         timer++; 
     }
	 	setTimeout('document.getElementById("faderTable").style.visibility="visible"',3000); 
  } else if(opacStart < opacEnd) { 
	     for(i = opacStart; i <= opacEnd; i++)  { 
	        setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed)); 
	        timer++; 
    	 } 
  } 
} 
function changeOpac(opacity, id) { 
  var object = document.getElementById(id).style; 
	var object2 = document.getElementById("loader").style; 
  object.opacity = (opacity / 100); 
  object.MozOpacity = (opacity / 100); 
  object.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 100); 
  object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")"; 
	object2.opacity = (opacity / 100); 
  object2.MozOpacity = (opacity / 100); 
  object2.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 100); 
  object2.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")"; 
} 