function inspect( obj )
  {
  var cnt = 1 ;
  var str = "";
  for ( var i in obj )
      {
      str += cnt + ". " + i + " " + eval( 'obj.' + i ) + "\n" ;
      if ( ( cnt % 10 ) == 0 )
         {
         alert( str ) ;
         str = "" ;
         }
      cnt++ ;
      }
  alert( str ) ;
  alert( 'Total number of elements: ' + ( --cnt ) ) ;
  }
/*---
 | this function exists because the DOM occasionally appends "px" to the left
 | and top style members.  When these exist, they cause the additions to fail,
 | so we remove them.  Note the return statement: I deliberately divide the
 | string "str" by 1 to "unconvert" it from an object into something useful.
 *---*/
function truncatePX( val )
  {
  var str = new String( val ) ;

  if ( ( pxpos = str.lastIndexOf( "px" ) ) >= 0 )
     {
     str = val.substr( 0, pxpos ) ;
     }
  return( str / 1 ) ;
  }
/*==============================================================================
 | This function 'grows' an image to allow its gradual appearance from hidden to
 | visible.  A poor man's version of flash, I guess
 *=============================================================================*/
function grow( )
  {
  var ctl = document.getElementById( 'mysonsam' ) ;

  if ( ctl )
     {
     if ( cnt < 16 )
        {
        window.setTimeout( "grow( )", 250 ) ;
        }
     else if ( cnt == 16 )
        {
        var bio = document.getElementById( 'samsname' ) ;
        if ( bio )
           {
           bio.className = 'samsname' ;
           }
        window.setTimeout( "grow( )", 250 ) ;
        }
     else if ( cnt == 17 )
        {
        var bio = document.getElementById( 'samsdates' ) ;
        if ( bio )
           {
           bio.className = 'samsdates' ;
           }
        window.setTimeout( "grow( )", 250 ) ;
        }
     else if ( cnt == 18 )
        {
        var bio = document.getElementById( 'samsepitaph' ) ;
        if ( bio )
           {
           bio.className = 'samsepitaph' ;
           }
        window.setTimeout( "grow( )", 250 ) ;
        }
     cnt++ ;
     ctl.style.height = truncatePX( ctl.style.height ) + 10 ;
     ctl.style.width  = truncatePX( ctl.style.width  ) +  6 ;
     }
  }

/*---
 | These functions exist to allow a 'hover' effect in IE.  I don't know
 | why IE won't change colors by className though (sigh).
 *--*/
function hover( self )
  {
  self.className        = 'vmenu_btn_hover' ;
  self.style.background = 'tan'             ;
  }

function nohover( self )
  {
  self.className        = 'vmenu_btn' ;
  self.style.background = '#996633'   ;
  }
/*==============================================================================
 | Copyright (C) 2003, Kurt Arthur Syndicate, LLC All Rights Reserved.
 | Purpose: ECMA (JavaScript) file for an HTML grid control
 |
 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 | the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
 | Foundation; either version 2  of the License, or  (at your option) any  later
 | version.
 |
 | This program is distributed in the  hope that it will be useful,  but WITHOUT
 | ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
 | FOR  A  PARTICULAR  PURPOSE.    See  the  GNU General Public License for more
 | details.
 |
 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along  with
 | this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59  Temple
 | Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
 |
 | $Revision: 1.3 $
 *==============================================================================
 | $Log: mysonsam.ecm,v $
 | Revision 1.3  2004/09/17 21:31:56  umbdae
 | Forced baseline.
 |
 | Revision 1.2  2004/09/07 21:05:39  umbdae
 | Added "grow()" function to make the opening window grow.
 |
 | Revision 1.1  2004/09/07 19:59:02  umbdae
 | Initial revision
 |
 *=============================================================================*/