var ie4 = (document.all) ? true : false;
var ns4 = (document.layers) ? true : false;
var ns6 = (document.getElementById && !document.all) ? true : false;

function hidelayer(lay) {
	if (ie4) {document.all[lay].style.visibility = "hidden";}
	if (ns4) {document.layers[lay].visibility = "hide";}
	if (ns6) {document.getElementById([lay]).style.display = "none";}
}

function writetolayer(lay,txt) {
	if (ie4) {
		document.all[lay].innerHTML = txt;
	}
	if (ns4) {
		document[lay].document.write(txt);
		document[lay].document.close();
	}
	if (ns6) {
		over = document.getElementById([lay]);
		range = document.createRange();
		range.setStartBefore(over);
		domfrag = range.createContextualFragment(txt);
		
		 while (over.hasChildNodes()) {
			over.removeChild(over.lastChild);
		}
		 over.appendChild(domfrag);
	}
}